Bass Camp, Oct 16, 2006

Above and below, implements at the old Bass Camp.

Boats floating through Bass Rapid, as seen upstream from the North Bass Trail between our camp and the old Bass Camp. The trail then goes out to the North Rim.

Cactus with red blossom, foot of the North Bass Trail at our camp

Our camp at river mile 108.3, a place commonly called Bass Camp but not the same as William Bass' camp up Shinumo Creek.

We laid over at Bass and the weather was fine. Early in the trip, there would be dew on everything each morning. But now, the normal Arizona dryness was returning and we'd be fine for the rest of the trip.

On our layover day, we walked up over the hill and down into the drainage of Shinumo Creek, where William Wallace Bass had his camp. Bass had come to the canyon as a miner but had turned to guiding tourists instead. There are a number of implements where his camp used to be. These have been gathered and put in a small alcove.

Shinumo Creek felt good! In 1997 we'd gone up its mouth to a fine waterfall and pool. I'd never been to this other part of the same drainage.