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In the March
2006 Newsletter we went into detail
regarding shoes for hiking and wading on the
Escalante River. Since then Grant's
favorite high tech wading shoe, the Canyoneer made
by Five.Ten, has gone out of production. After he
wore out his last pair of Canyoneers he tried three
different
amphibious shoes and found them all
lacking because they were low cut and did not keep
sand from getting in the top of the shoe.
Grant is back to the Converse canvas
hightop shoe called the
Chuck Taylor. Fortunately for us these shoes are
back in vogue and you can find them just about
anywhere. He is combining the Chuck Taylor hightop
with wool blend socks and an insole called the
massaging gel sport by Dr. Scholl's.
Recently we received some feedback about a shoe we have
never tried.
In a trip evaluation from a Narrows trip this
spring we received the following:
"... the caution against using the Keens for wading
should be underlined and bold-faced. They're
absolutely unusable in the river; we've returned
ours to REI, and they took them no questions asked."
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Below is a list of available trip departure dates.
Trips that are on our schedule and
are not listed here are either sold out or
unconfirmed (meaning that they lack the 4 people
necessary to confirm a departure).
This is availability as of July 6th. Since
this can and does change almost daily, we recommend
that you call for the most current information.
We do offer a 10% discount to groups of 4 - 6 and
15% for groups of 7 - 9 people. Our total group
size is limited to 12. A full trip consists of 9
guests and 3 guides.
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From the Little
Rockies to the Narrows,
we've had a busy and fun spring! Here are some
comments:
"My feet are recovering from the trip but my soul is
permanently changed." P.L., California
"The wonderful staff worked so hard and kept things
moving at all times. I was very impressed! It was
a real vacation for me. Beautiful scenery,
wonderful hikes, great food and lots of humor!"
J.W., California
"I wanted to again express my appreciation for the
great trip we had last week. I have spent a lot of
time in the back country - alone, with friends and
with groups - and this was one of the best weeks
I've had. Some of what makes for a good trip is hard
to control - the weather was great, the group was
congenial and well matched - but the preparation,
knowledge, experience and hard work that the three
of you put in made for a particularly pleasant and
memorable experience for us." E.B., Massachusetts
"As always, thank you for a fabulous trip into the
Escalante. I feel so lucky I found you guys and so
glad I got to take another trip with you." L.W.,
Massachusetts
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The Boulder
Heritage Festival celebrates the broad cultural
diversity and rich history of Boulder, UT by
providing a forum where contemporary Boulder can
enrich itself in connecting with its past.
The Festival, held at the Anasazi State Park, will
be on July 13, 14 & 15 and will include music,
presentations and a reenactment of mail delivery to
town on the Old Boulder Mail Trail.
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is
observing its 10th Anniversary with a three day
science symposium called Learning
from the Land. The symposium will be held in
Cedar City, UT from September 12 - 14 and
will focus
primarily on completed or ongoing research on the
Monument, the results of cooperation between the BLM
and the scientific community.
The third annual Escalante
Canyons Arts Festival (Everett Ruess Days) will
be October 2 - 8 in Escalante
and Boulder. Festival events include the Plein Air
Painting Competition, a fine arts and crafts
exhibition and sale, lectures, poetry slams, films
about Everett Ruess, exhibits, workshops, gallery
open houses, walking tours of nearby historic
buildings, and performances by cowboy poets, dance
groups and musicians.
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Again, thank you for opting into our newsletter. Please let us know if there is something you'd like to read about in the future. If you have any questions about our trips, please feel free to call. I am happy to answer your questions.
Regards,
Sue Fearon
Escalante Canyon Outfitters
email:
info@ecohike.com
phone:
888-326-4453
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