Reading List - or at least a start of one

Here's a few good one's that I've started (but not yet finished) that might get you in the mood for dreamin' about our float!

Woman of the River by Richard E. Westwood - This a biography of possibly the most famous woman of the Colorado river, Georgie White. Apparently her first trip down the river in 1947 she sawm it! She's crazy and reading about crazy people is always fun.

The Hidden Canyon * A River Jouney by Edward Abbey, photos by John Blaustein - Great pics, classic Ed Abbey tidbits from his first float through the canyon.

The Exploration of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon by J.W. Powell - I'm sure you've all heard of him and his ascent long before it was fashionable :)

That's all I've got for now. Add more! Maybe some not about white people.

Now YOU can write a post too!

Hi All - I figured out that you HAVE to have a gmail account to log into blogger so I've made one for everyone.

Anyone who wants can use: christmasinthecanyon@gmail.com, password will be sent via your email.

I hope I hear from a few more of you now. Thanks to Zack and Mol-Mol for sharing :)

-Mo

Hey All!

A few months late...but here i am, although a little confused about how to exactly use this blog thing...but lets see...so far it seems as though just Zack and Moogan (ie morgan) have introduced themselves and are part of this here blog, so i wonder of the need to introduce myself, but since i am unemployed and cant think of a better thing to do with my time (this is actually a complete lie, but we'll pretend), here is the brief introduction:

i am the little sister of the great and fearless trip leader, morgan...

i just graduated from the university of montana with a degree in spanish, i just got back from a month in new zealand with two of my best friends in all of the world, and now i am looking for a job and relaxing in beautiful missoula, mt :)

i am very excited to come on the trip and learn from everyone else some important rafting skills, as i feel that i will be one of the least experienced on this adventure ;) i also look forward to telling my future potential employers that i am available to work whenever except just one small 22 day window immediately following christmas :)

saludos!

Contestant #3

Hello. My name's Zachary Rogala. I'm a currently unemployed bus driver, temporarily hired web designer, and all around anxious to start guiding for the summer.

It's a tough situation. I handle it tenuously.

That being said, I have many hobbies and passions which I believe would fit well with your trip. I enjoy boating, beaches, beer, sleeping under the stars, taking photos (not stealing, Ha, I kid), worrying about boats being tied up, wondering over just about everything else, and chatting with those who do as well.

Yet I am not all good times, there are disappointments in my life. I don't enjoy non-boating, pavement, concrete, not-alcoholic beer, sleeping in buildings with air conditioning, staring at walls without photos or art, worrying about getting hit by cars on the interstate, wondering of nothing outside of myself, and chatting with those who don't as well.

I'm a six foot, slightly scrawny, probably beardy, Leo who tries to cook well with others...

I think I'd be a good fit on your trip. Let me know what you think.

....oh, and cheap tickets on Allegiant Air from certain places on certain dates...collaboration on travel plans?

Introduction's - Hello's - Howdy's - Hi's

Hi Again -

I want to start the first series of posts on our GC trip blog. If you guys could add a pic and a little diddy about yourself - as long or short as you want - that'd be great! Here's mine:

Morgan here (on my first river trip of the year on the Sandy). I'm about 9 months in on the first "real" job I've ever had. You know, one of those 9-5, 5 days a week, health insurance, 401k deals. I work for a water resources consulting firm (http://www.sspa.com/ if you want to check it out :)). It's great work - I'm learning a ton and I have three great co-workers. But I have to admit, one of the best parts of my job is that they're letting me off for two months to go play on the rivers in Idaho this summer. I give a big thumbs up to that! The work I do has also inspired me to look toward school and I'm even taking calculus so that some day, some hydrology graduate program will accept me! I think what keeps me going day to day is my ability to ride my bike to work, my runs in the parks right behind my house, and the flowers (which are in bloom!) all over my front yard. I can't even begin to tell you all how excited I am for our weeks on the river. I don't know if everyone get's to check off one of their life goals at age 26 (which I will be by the time of the trip) - so I feel pretty darn lucky.

6-Month, Yee-HAW, we're on our way to GC 2009-10

Hi and welcome friends, fam, co-adventurers alike!

As your Grand Canyon organizing leader I have decided to open a blog for our group's communication. I'm pretty new at these things, so it will be interesting to see if it works, but hopefully everyone can contribute and get all the info they need from here.

This blog is now open to you: the Grand Canyon crew for our Christmas float this 2009!