101 Main St / P.O. Box 118
Bluff, Utah 84512-0118 Fax (435) 672-2365 Toll Free (800) 422-7654 
Herm Hoops has been running rivers for over 50 years. His first trips down the San Juan River were in the early 1970's and he became friends with Wild Rivers expeditions founder Kenny Ross. Herm is a retired teacher and National Park Service Ranger. This trip is limited to 16 spaces. Leave your electronic gadgets behind and come join Herm on a voyage of self discovery down the San Juan River. |
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 Perception: A River Trip of Self Discovery, with Herm Hoops
Location: Bluff to Mexican Hat 
 Overview“One has not only an ability to perceive the world but an ability to alter one’s perception of it; more simply, one can change things by the manner in which one looks at them. -Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the BluesHerm Hoops is a lifelong observer and interpreter of the Interior West and its rivers. He has explored them extensively himself, and in so doing has explored himself as a part of his surroundings. He has spent a great deal of time on the San Juan, and has studied how humans interact with the West’s rivers, from their management to their enjoyment, intently for several decades. This trip is designed for the curious. For those who are interested in traveling on the San Juan in a questioning and reflective manner. For those who love the idea of finding something unexpected in a moment, an afternoon of walking, in the words or smile of a fellow traveler, or themselves. For anyone who really wants to apply all five sense to the experience of being on the river. Come join us! Join Herm for a river trip of self discovery on August 27th. ItineraryHerm will lead two formal sessions on this 3 day trip. Both sessions will occur near dwelling sites or granaries that were once inhabited or used by the ancestral puebloans.Suggested ReadingHUMAN PREHISTORYLegacy On Stone: Rock Art of the Colorado Plateau and Four Corners Region Sally Cole Ice Age Peoples Of North America: Environments, Origins, and Adaptations Robson Bonnickson, ed. Humans at the End of the Ice Age : The Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition Lawrence Strauss Ed. The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization Brian Fagan Those Who Came Before Robert and Florence Lister Enemy Ancestors Gary Matlock Ancient Ruins of the Southwest David Noble Indian Rock Art of the Southwest Polly Schaafsma Richard Witherill: Anasazi Frank McNitt The Book of Navajo Raymond Locke The Book of Hopi Frank Waters Collapse Jared Diamond HISTORY Traders of the Navajo Frances Gillmore and Louise Wetherill Explorations of the Colorado River and its Canyons John Wesley Powell Hole in the Rock Expedition David Miller San Juan County, Utah Allan Kent Powel Anchored Lariats on the San Juan Frontier Norma Perkins Young Encounters With the Archdruid John McPhee River Runners of the Grand Canyon David Lavender Crossing the Next Meridian Charles Wilkinson Fire on the Plateau Charles Wilkinson Mormon Country Wallace Stegner The Gathering of Zion Wallace Stegner Conversations on History and Literature Wallace Stegner Reopening the Western Frontier People's History of Wilderness Water in the West High Country News Books (various authors and editors, see: www.hcn.org) Reclaiming the Native Home of Hope Robert Keiter New Genesis : M ormon Reader on Land and Community Terry Tempest Williams, Ed. Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water Mark Reisner Glen Canyon Before Lake Powell Eleanor Inskip GEOLOGY The Colorado Plateau Don Baars Geology of the Canyons of the San Juan Don Baars San Juan Canyons (River Guide) Don Baars and Gene Stevenson Life in Stone: Fossils of the Colorado Plateau Christa Saddler NATURAL HISTORY The Ice-Age History of Southwestern National Parks Scott A. Elias Packrat middens: The last 40,000 years of biotic change Julio Betancourt & Tom Van Devender A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country David Williams Eating Stone Ellen Meloy Wind in the Rock Ann Zwinger Run River Run Ann Zwinger Desert Plants of Utah Berniece A. Andersen Grasses of the Southwestern United States Frank W. Gould Sibley Field Guide to North American Birds David Allan Sibley Singing Stone Thomas Lowe Fleischner A Field Guide to Mammals A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians A First Guide to Insects of North America A First Guide to Butterflies and Moths These are all Peterson Guide Books OTHER FICTION AND NON-FICTION Desert Solitaire Abbey The Monkey Wrench Gang Abbey The Sound of Mountain Water Wallace Stegner A Thief of Time Tony Hillerman Listening Woman Tony Hillerman The Dark Wind Tony Hillerman Coyote Waits Tony Hillerman Coyote's Canyon Terry Tempest Williams Pieces of White Shell Terry Tempest Williams Red Terry Tempest Williams Refuge Terry Tempest Williams Ceremony Leslie Mormon Silko Waterlines Ann Weiler Walka TestimonialsSubmit a Testimonial »No testimonials have been submitted for this trip yet. Click here to submit a testimonial. |
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