Day 17 on the Grand
Layover day at National Lower Camp. Very excited about a chill day. Spent the morning reading on the beach with BJ and Scott. Set up beach volleyball on the upper beach which was in the sun and played a couple fun and rowdy games with Shannon, Mike, Dave, BJ, and Scott. Haven’t played a team sport like that in a while – what fun.
By the time we came back down to the lower camp sun was starting to hit it. We read more and played sudoko while Don and Andy built a sweat lodge on the beach. Chased the shade line up the hill as far as we could before the rock walls got in our way.
We then hiked up the short drainage on river left to a waterfall, where the Jackson 4 took our album cover photos. 
We met up with Goose and Kate on the way back down and introduced them to the game Guerro (see note), which we played at the mouth of the drainage. Then back to camp for a little horseshoe, beer, and conversation. Early to bed. LAVA tomorrow.
Guerro: a game that Scott, Gretchen, BJ and I created in Gooseberry about a year ago. You build little rock statues and then name them all. Then you gather a small pile of rocks for yourself and set up a little camp about 20 feet away. You have to yell out the name of the statue you are aiming for and if you hit it – then good on ya. If you don’t then the next person throws a rock. Very complex but makes for lots of laughs.