RIVER RUNNING -- We're just getting the first reports from a Spokane group that bagged their Grand Canyon rafter permit after 15 years on the waiting list.   Sounds like it was a great reward for years of anticipation.

"Off the river and all is well!" reports Penny Stauffer Schwyn, known to Spokane outdoors enthusiasts for her Specialty Outdoors gear repair business.

"Temps did exceed 115 at times," she said. "Great runs through Crystal, Hermit, and Lava."

Great runs and no carnage through the biggies is whopper good news.