**July 27-31st Colorado River canoe trip

Total trip cost...probably will end up about $350/person to cover canoe/PFD/drybag rentals and shuttle vans, troop vehicle gas, groceries, first night campsite fee, parking at the dam, etc.  Trip pre-requisites:  All participants must be able to pass the BSA Swimmer level test (same as summer camp: jump in deep water, comfortably swim four lengths of a pool, float for a minute), must have camped overnight with the troop before the trip (a remote wilderness being completely self-sufficient is not the place for a first campout), must wear a PFD (life vest) at all times while on or in the water, must have a BSA Health Form Part C (signed by a clinician) on file with the troop because the trip is longer than 72 hours.

Draft itinerary:  

7/27 Drive out, see Hoover Dam, camp at Lake Mead.

7/28 Early morning launch in the secure section at the base of Hoover Dam.  Stow camping gear in our canoes.  Slowly paddle and sightsee, camp near Ringbolt Rapids Arizona.

7/29 Slowly paddle and sightsee, camp at the no-name gravel bar beach in Nevada near Horseshoe Rapids.

7/30 Paddle and sightsee, pass Willow Beach Marina for ice cream, and camp at Burro Wash in Nevada.

7/31 Paddle back to Willow Beach and the rental company will shuttle us back to our cars at the Dam Lodge.  Drive home.

Pictures of T609 Scouts on a previous cannoeing trip.