Havasupai Canyon

	Havasupai Canyon is a tributary of the Grand Canyon. "Havasupai" in Mojave means "the land [people] of the blue-green water". As you can see, the sky is pretty blue as well, contrasting very well with the dark Canyon if you start your hike too late in the day. It is a ten-mile, 2000 feet hike down the Canyon and past Supai village, where the Havasupai tribe lives, and to whom the Canyon belongs (this is not government land -- the tribe issues the permits).
The village is an interesting place -- it is not everyday you get to see an American-Indian village. The only access from the outside world is over the hiking trail, which means the villages must depend on a combination of local resources and what can be ferried with mule trains. There are interesting similarities (dusty unpaved streets, street dogs) and contrasts (regular American construction, down to the access ramps and exit signs in public buildings) with "Indian" villages in India.
You won't see much of the village, however, if you get there at ten in the night, as we did (you will, instead, scurry around trying to find the trail in the dark). Hike past it another couple of miles to your campground, where you will camp for the night, and in the morning wake up to see that you have camped just downstream of Havasu Falls.
	We lounged around a little and then strolled down to Mooney Falls, less than a mile downstream.The Canyon walls are exceptionally sheer in some places.
At 196 feet Mooney Falls is a respectably tall waterfall. Interesting and picturesque travertine (limestone deposites) abound around the fall and elsewhere in the Canyon. The dissloved lime is supposed to account for the colour of the water.