May 4, 2008
Navajo Bridge / Marble Canyon, Arizona
From Zion NP headed south out of Utah on Hwy 89. Zion was a hike through another dimension. Spent a lifetime there,... crammed into short hikes.
My mind drifts back to Zion for moments, then as fast snatched away at the stark beauty of the Vermillion Cliffs on the northeast / left side. The desert is beautiful. There's nobody out here.
Kaneb is just north of the Utah / Arizona state line. About 40 miles into Arizona is Navajo Bridge crossing the Colorado River. This is the 1st bridge between the UT / AZ built in 1929. The Colorado river is almost 500' below, cut into the rock / gorge called Marble Canyon. That's how isolated and rugged the terrain is here.
There are 2 bridges... the original is now a pedestrian walk across bridge. The newer for auto traffic. This is a spectacle of geology and history.
Page, AZ / Glenn Canyon dam is about 10 miles NE as the crow flies. Before 1929 they used Lee's Ferry about 5 miles up river to cross. Let's go see.
Lee's Ferry was an early Mormon family river crossing. The landing is still used today as a staging / launching point for rafters goin down river through the Grand Canyon. Magnificent red rock and strata; blue green Colorado river.
I zoomed in the camera lens for nearly a mile... That's some of the rafters at a sandbar stopped to double check equipment.
ROF 4 ROF = Ring of Fire
May 4, 2008
Navajo Bridge / Marble Canyon, Arizona
From Zion NP headed south out of Utah on Hwy 89. Zion was a hike through another dimension. Spent a lifetime there,... crammed into short hikes.
My mind drifts back to Zion for moments, then as fast snatched away at the stark beauty of the Vermillion Cliffs on the northeast / left side. The desert is beautiful. There's nobody out here.
Kaneb is just north of the Utah / Arizona state line. About 40 miles into Arizona is Navajo Bridge crossing the Colorado River. This is the 1st bridge between the UT / AZ built in 1929. The Colorado river is almost 500' below, cut into the rock / gorge called Marble Canyon. That's how isolated and rugged the terrain is here.
There are 2 bridges... the original is now a pedestrian walk across bridge. The newer for auto traffic. This is a spectacle of geology and history.
Page, AZ / Glenn Canyon dam is about 10 miles NE as the crow flies. Before 1929 they used Lee's Ferry about 5 miles up river to cross. Let's go see.
Lee's Ferry was an early Mormon family river crossing. The landing is still used today as a staging / launching point for rafters goin down river through the Grand Canyon. Magnificent red rock and strata; blue green Colorado river.
I zoomed in the camera lens for nearly a mile... That's some of the rafters at a sandbar stopped to double check equipment.
