May 4, 2008
Closing the Ring of fire to Lee's Ferry
Headed to Grand Canyon, Arizona East rim
From Zion NP headed south out of Utah on Hwy 89. Zion was a hike through another dimension. Spent a lifetime there,... crammed into a couple days.
My mind drifts back for moments, then as fast snatched away at the stark beauty of the Vermillion Cliffs on the northeast / left side. High arid plains... the desert is beautiful. There's nobody out here.
Kaneb is just north of the Utah state line. About 40 miles going into Arizona is Navajo Bridge crossing the Colorado River. This is the 1st bridge between the UT / AZ built in 1929. That's how isolated and rugged the terrain is here. (Page, AZ / Glenn Canyon dam is about 10 miles NE.) Before 1929 they used Lee's Ferry about 5 miles up river. Then it's onto the Grand Canyon. Past bright Angel canyon on the North Rim.
I called this journey the Ring of Fire from driving a counter- clockwise circle aroung the 4 corners plateau. ABQ to Taos, to Monument Valley, to Bryce Canyon, to Zion , and now to the Grand Canyon. Quite a ring of geological phenomenon !
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May 4, 2008
Closing the Ring of fire to Lee's Ferry
Headed to Grand Canyon, Arizona East rim
From Zion NP headed south out of Utah on Hwy 89. Zion was a hike through another dimension. Spent a lifetime there,... crammed into a couple days.
My mind drifts back for moments, then as fast snatched away at the stark beauty of the Vermillion Cliffs on the northeast / left side. High arid plains... the desert is beautiful. There's nobody out here.
Kaneb is just north of the Utah state line. About 40 miles going into Arizona is Navajo Bridge crossing the Colorado River. This is the 1st bridge between the UT / AZ built in 1929. That's how isolated and rugged the terrain is here. (Page, AZ / Glenn Canyon dam is about 10 miles NE.) Before 1929 they used Lee's Ferry about 5 miles up river. Then it's onto the Grand Canyon. Past bright Angel canyon on the North Rim.
I called this journey the Ring of Fire from driving a counter- clockwise circle aroung the 4 corners plateau. ABQ to Taos, to Monument Valley, to Bryce Canyon, to Zion , and now to the Grand Canyon. Quite a ring of geological phenomenon !
