Debbie and Jim were kind enough to take us out to Lake Powell. We were on a quest to see Rainbow Bridge and the Hole-in-the-Rock.
They took us to first enjoy climbing Sand Hill.
Whew, what a climb! Try that for a morning workout every day.
It was quite a bit faster going back down.
Rainbow Bridge with Navajo Mountain in the background, still with snow on it.
My dear friends: Jim, Debbie, Serena and Heidi.
Couldn't get enough shots of it!
Hole-in-the-Rock: In the winter of 1879-80, it took six weeks to blast and dig a 3/4 mile road down Hole-in-the-Rock. Down this cleft plunged and skidded eighty wagons, 250 men, women and children, and hundreds of horses and cattle. No wagons tipped over; no one was seriously injured. These Mormon pioneers from settlements in Southern Utah were traveling across two hundreds miles of unknown country to establish a mission near the San Juan River. If you've read the book Undaunted, then you'll know the story.
Climbing up the cleft. How did those pioneers come down this way???
Looking back down from about 2/3 of the way up.
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