March 2026 Grand Canyon Trip
John, Tom and Fred in 16 foot raft on April 2002 trip
Welcome to our 'organizing the trip' web site.  Please let me know if you have things to add or want changed.  Latest Status of the trip listed in reverse chronological order...

02/27/2026 Canyon REO email to sign Canyon REO Wavier .

02/26/2026 Canyon REO 30-Day email, Canyon REO Invoice and Rig Day Dinner options.

02/24/2025 Added Dave to wait list.

02/16/2026 Task Assignments for cooking , cleaning and groover.

02/12/2026 Important email from Canyon REO.

02/06/2026 Add Keven to waitlist.

01/05/2026 AJ's River Permit for the trip.

01/04/2026 Changed Ed to whole trip and Vickie to second half of trip.  Tim's latest update. and Mile Planner..

12/28/2025 Permit Issued email and added Devin Everett to wait list.

12/02/2025 Canyon REO's 90 day email.

10/20/2025 Tim's latest update..

09/29/2025 Added Ed for second half of trip.

09/27/2025 Dropped Tim B from trip and Tim's latest update..

09/14/2025 Added Rumi for first half and Tim B for second half of trip and dropped Sharon

08/13/2025 Added Ed to wait list.

06/29/2025 Added Daris and Benjamin to wait list.

06/08/2025 Added Rumi to wait list for first half of trip.

05/23/2025 Added Rajeev to wait list, moved Tracey and Bruce to trip and Tim's latest update..

05/18/2025 Added Tim B to wait list.

04/18/2025 Added Tracey and Bruce to wait list.

04/16/2025 Added Jody and Roger to the.trip.

04/06/2025 Moved Melinda to new category after wait list.

03/24/2025 Moved Julie from wait list to dropped off list.

03/11/2025 Tim's second update (PDF)

03/09/2025 Added Jason and Kelly to trip off the wait list.

03/08/2025 Bill and Tom dropped off. Moved Julie to wait list from dropped off list.

03/07/2025 Julie has a conflict with a bike trip in Vietnam so she is dropping off.  Ray is dropping off too.

03/03/2025 Updated Links below with latest documents from REO: Flagstaff Hotel Info, Trip Leader Handbook, Menu Planner, Timetables & Trip Cliff Notes, and final REO Invoice (PDF)

03/02/2025 Updated Canyon REO orientation videos link below, first REO Invoice (PDF) and 2024 Guide to Food Pack (PDF)

03/01/2025 Tim's first update (PDF)

02/28/2025 AJ and Riley each win the lottery, one for March 11 and one for March 25. We will take the later one on March 25.

 

Wednesday March 25 Trip 

Tim Strauch, Trip Leader and Boatman 18 foot raft

AJ Fedoruk,  Lottery Winner this trip

Alison Van Dusen

Sean Walsh

Mark Sutton, Backup Food Coordinator

Riley Kennedy

Ross McKenzie

Ed McCormack

Jim Burns

Jason Griswold

Kelly Lynch

Jody Pratt

Roger Carlone

Tracey Wiese

Bruce Carter

Rumi Takahashi, spouse of Ross, first half of trip

Vickie Stubbs, second half of trip

Wait List

Rajeev Jain

Daris LaPointe

Benjamin Vandersteen

Devin Everett

Keven Keilbach

Dave McCormack

Will not hold a Slot, but may go if a space opens up at the last minute

Melinda d’Ouville, Food organizer, two Grand trips, many other rivers, friend of Tim and Jim, Richland, WA (Still plans to do the pre-trip food organizing whether she goes or not)

Dropped Off Trip

Ray Galley

Tom Strauch

Julie Kramer

Bill Kinner

Sharon Gott

Tim Byrnes

  

Canyon REO links and PDFs for our trip

* the Grand Canyon River Courtesy brochure (https://grcariverpermits.nps.gov/pdf/BeCoolBrochure.pdf)

* the Action Guide to Preservation, Colorado River (https://grcariverpermits.nps.gov/pdf/GRCA_ActionGuidetoPreservation.pdf)

          Other videos and links

Holly and Emily wrote and sing our trip rafting song 'Straight Down the Middle with You'