Tasty Tuesday! Looks like it's fajita night, with a big mixed bowl of toppings to add to your fajita tacos! The guides sometimes get creative with the ingredients provided and add their own touch. Yummy!
📷: SHester #fajitas #azraftfood #azraftmeals #azraftdinner #mexicannight #azraftcamping

Meet AzRA river guide Jared Sears!

Jared originally learned to navigate rivers in Alaska, & the last 20 years of his 24 year career has been rooted in Grand Canyon. His favorite part of the day on the river is at night, when the sun goes down and you can listen to the desert "wake up".

Sunday Art Day! Consider keeping an art journal of your trip. This page out of Wendy 's river journal is lovely and surly brings back amazing memories for her whenever she opens it.

🎨: Wendy Hanumura #sundayartday #azraftart #riverjournal #artjournal #grandcanyonart #azraftartists #journaling

How to Train for Your Grand Canyon Rafting Adventure - Arizona Raft Adventures AzRA Guide, Somer Morris, writes a great blog from a physical therapy and guide perspective on how best to train for your Grand Canyon raft trip!

Happy #NationalExerciseDay! Here's a fun training motivation: start getting fit for a Grand Canyon rafting trip. Daily movement, core work, hiking on uneven ground, is all it takes to be ready for one of the best experiences of your life. 👉 azraft.com/train-for-grand-canyon-rafting-adventure

Meet AzRA river guide Liam Kelly!

Liam says, "Most of what I love about guiding happens between the rapids when things quiet down, people settle in, and the Canyon starts to work on you a little." Read more in his blog post in As The Eddy Spins.

🚨 The Anatomy of Grand Canyon Rapids: A Deep Dive 🌊
Badger Rapid (Mile 7.5/15' Drop)

For more cool details see our FB or IG pages

Photos: Badger looking upstream from river left eddy below rapid
#gcnp #grandcanyonrapids #rivertips #anatomyofagrandcanyonrapid #deepdive

🌅 Rise and shine from your river camp! We're kicking off this weeks Tasty Tuesday with smoked salmon & cream cheese on a toasted bagel, topped with red onion & capers. Plus sides of yogurt, granola & fruit to fuel the adventure ahead. What a way to start the day!
📷: SHester #tastytuesday

Guide Bio - Spencer Roth - Arizona Raft Adventures Spencer Roth My first river trip was as a kid on the Dolores River in Western Colorado before the McPhee Dam was built.  It changed my life forever! I learned to boat as a guide running day trips on the upper Colorado River out of Winter Park, CO in the late 1990’s.  After that, I...

Latest Guide bio in "As the Eddy Spins" 🌀 Rivers changed Spencer Roth's life as a kid, & now he's returning the favor. From Colorado to Idaho to the Grand Canyon, this ukulele-playing, carnitas-loving guide brings skill, heart, & serious river stoke to every trip. 👉https://ow.ly/Zyc750YwYlj

Sunday Art Day! "Elves Chasm" a calming painting of the mysterious Elves Chasm by Carol Russell. Grand Canyon side canyons are a source of never ending inspiration.
🎨: Carrol Russell #azraftartists #grandcanyonartists #grandcanyonart #SundayArtDay #ArtInspiration #sidecanhyon #CanyonArt #elveschasm

Classic🐦‍⬛ Pose — & they ALL do it! Ravens have one thing on their agenda: your stuff. Ravens are the Canyon's most notorious residents. They rank among the smartest animals on Earth, capable of planning ahead, working in pairs, & yes — unzipping your pack while you're distracted. 📷: Toshi Kempkes

GEORGIE WHITE CLARK 1977 Short documentary of Georgie White Clark "Woman Of The River" 1977. Film courtesy of videographer Bob Greenwell.

Flashback Friday! Great video of Georgie White trips from the early days of rafting in Grand Canyon. Check out the great rapid footage, interviews w/ Georgie & her boatmen to the military surplus gear, vintage clothing, minimal kitchen set up & more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHICWGEjkTs

Guide Bio – Tyler Holt Meet Tyler My name is Tyler Holt, and I am originally from Maine. I grew up on the coast but was always drawn to the mountains, lakes, and rivers. I learned to Boat in Costa Rica on an Outward Bound course with CRROBS (Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School). The summer of 2026 marks my...

As the Eddy Spins 🌀

Coastal Maine kid. Learned to boat in Costa Rica. Been running rivers for 18 seasons — including the Grand Canyon's Colorado River with AzRA.

Meet Tyler Holt. He might just be your guide this summer. 🛶🏜️
👉 azraft.com/guide-bio-tyler-holt/

#AsTheEddySpins #MeetYourGuide

#TastyTuesday deep in the canyon! Who said you can't have a 5-star Italian night on the river? We're talking spaghetti with Italian sausage, fresh salad, & garlic bread — all served with a side of stunning canyon walls. Vegetarian options, too. Mama mia!
📷: SHester #ItalianFood #azraftdinner

Guide Bio – Sanne Hilbrich Meet Sanne My name is Sanne Hilbrich, and I was born and raised Ontario, Canada. I moved out to Montana for university and fell in love with the western US. I’ve called Montana, Idaho and Arizona home ever since! My family still has a cottage on a lake in Quebec, and before we were able...

New As the Eddy Spins 🌀blog post!

Canadian girl. Montana convert. Grand Canyon guide.
Meet Sanne Hilbrich — she's been hootin' and hollerin' down rivers since 2014, and we're so glad she found her way to AzRA. 🛶🏔️
👉 azraft.com/guide-bio-sanne/
#azraftguides #azraftstaff #azraftblog #astheeddyspins

Kayaker in an orange kayak floats down the river with a sheer cliff covered in white salt deposits.

Where ancient waters seep out of the rocks. Evidence of ancient salty water can be found in Tapeats Sandstone, in the form of salt deposits left behind as groundwater percolates through rock. Remnants of mineral-rich water from ancient beach & river sediments.
📷: P Struyvenberg #gcnp #geology

🚨 The Anatomy of Grand Canyon Rapids: A Deep Dive 🌊
Upset Rapid (Mile 150 /15' Drop)
See our FB & IG pages for the full scoop!
Run it from the driver’s seat in Marc Hunt video: https://ow.ly/S45m50YykKX (Cue to 1:22)
#GrandCanyon #RiverRapids #UpsetRapid #WhiteWater #AdventureTravel #gcnp #deepdive

Monday got us like... 🙃 When you're deep in the heart of the Grand Canyon, sometimes the only way to take it all in is upside down! 🤸 Who's ready to flip their world upside down by coming down canyon with us?✨
📷: Cleo Villet #GrandCanyon #Matkat #AdventureAwaits #ColoradoRiver #mondayfunday #gcnp

Sunday Art Day! "Owl Eyes" - The Grand Canyon can require your full attention for many reasons- danger, navigation, planning. However, this moment demanded everyone stop in their tracks in awe!
🎨: Hannah Jensen #sundayartday #grandcanyonart #grandcanyonartists #coloradoriver #owleyes #gcnp

Stitching Between Rapids: A Guide to Crafting on the River Arts and Crafts on Your River Trip By Kaelin Zielinski  If you’re anything like me, your hands are always moving and your brain is already on to the next creative idea. You probably also have half a dozen half-finished projects lying around, and the thought of having nothing to do with your hands is mildly...

Turns out Grand Canyon river trip is also a pretty incredible art retreat. 🎨🧶
Knitting, embroidery, watercolors, cross-stitch — if your hands need to stay busy, the river has you covered.
👉 Stitching Between Rapids → azraft.com/stitching-between-rapids-a-guide-to-crafting-on-the-river/

Throwback Thursday. Two images, 100 years apart, Redwall Cavern. The 1st is from the 1923 USGS expedition & the second is from a more recent photo. Not huge changes, but there is less sand. Note, the various cut banks at different levels within the cavern higher natural flows pre dam.

National Park entrance fees for non-US residents have been raised as of January 1st, 2026. How does this affect our river trip participants? Read our latest blog post in As The Eddy Spins for more information. azraft.com/new-non-resident-nationa...

🍳 Tasty Tuesday is SERVED! Migas — crispy tortilla strips, fluffy scrambled eggs, tomatoes, avos, cheese & all the good stuff piled high.

Guide Kayla absolutely crushed it!😍

📷: Lee V #azraftstaff #azraftfamily #azraftcamping #azraftfood #azraftcamping #TastyTuesday #Migas

Sunday Art Day! Nankoweap view and Stone Creek 1st waterfall. Lovely canyon art of two special places in the canyon!
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🎨: Scott W #SundayArtDay #NankoweapView #StoneCreekWaterfall #CanyonArt #NaturePainting #WatercolorArt #GrandCanyonArt #GCNP #azraftart #azraftartists Grandcanyonartists

🚨 The Anatomy of Grand Canyon Rapids: A Deep Dive 🌊
Sockdolager Rapid (Mile 79/19' Drop)

For more cool details see our FB or IG pages

📷: Jeanne Eickhoff Sockdolager rapid two entry waves at top clearly visualized.
#gcnp #grandcanyonrapids #rivertips #anatomyofagrandcanyonrapid #deepdive

Competency. Care. Intentional Participation. A Sense of Wonder.

These are the guiding principles that separate Arizona Raft Adventures from the rest. Check out our newest blog explaining how these values are developed and utilized in every aspect of an AzRA river trip.

Throwback Thursday! In the mid-’80s to early ’90s, the Bureau of Reclamation ran Glen Canyon Dam for peak hydropower—28,000 cfs by day, 5,000 cfs at night. A 23,000 cfs swing in 24 hours.

Great for power. Brutal for the river ecosystem & trips in the Grand Canyon—boats left high & dry by morning.

Guide Bio – Dan Roix Meet Dan I grew up in a small town in north central Massachusetts (Athol, MA). It was an old factory town with only one factory left. There wasn’t a lot to do in town, so my brothers, myself and our friends just played in the woods as much as possible. My first experience with AzRA...

Meet our guides! Dan Roix
Small-town kid from Massachusetts. Big canyon energy. 🏜️
Meet Dan — one of the guides who makes a Grand Canyon rafting trip with AzRA something you'll never forget.
👉 Read his story and his river tips at: azraft.com/guide-bio-dan-roix/

#MeetYourGuide #GrandCanyonRiverGuide

Grand Canyon in GREEN

Monday Funday! One of the many ways to have fun on the river on a hot day is to take the camp sleeping pads and make a water slide!

What are some of the fun camp activities you have done in Grand Canyon?
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📷: Jon B #mondayfunday #slipandslide #azraftcamping #coloradoriver #staycool #riverfun