Ticaboo Resort Lake Powell

What prompted my interest in visiting Natural Bridges was not so much the natural bridge formations as the fact they are the primo dark sky park of all the national parks, a Class 1 on the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale. I have always been tempted to visit the dark places. Gordon, the astronomy ranger at the Natural Bridges, gave an evening talk about many things: about teaching, the National ...

Here where you are standing The dinosaurs did a dance The Indians told a story Now it has come to pass The Indians had a legend The Spaniards lived for gold The white man came and killed them But they haven't really gone We live in the city of dreams We drive on this highway of fire Should we awake and find it gone Remember this, our favorite town ~ City of Dreams, David Byrne Listening to Talking Heads as we left ...

Oops! It's already been a week since we went to Natural Bridges and we are just now writing the entry. I'm not quite sure why it took us so long to get to it, but now we're trying to finish it up really fast so we can do our entry for today's adventure! Well, last Sunday was the last day before Silas was starting work, so we were trying to figure out something to go and do/see. The weather here wasn't that great and it was really windy so we were ...

Met a German couple (kind of squatted on their campsite) and they took me for a hike around two of the three most famous/ largest bridges in North America. It was a nice 5.6 mile hike with a BOTANIST. I went on a hike with a freakin man that knew ...

66 miles and 7 hours on the saddle. Probably my toughest day yet because Im was going in and out of canyons and my thermometer reached 98.5 degrees which I dont believe but it was warm. The ride out to Natural Bridges was amazing because there was nothing not even cars. Shared a campsite with a German ...

... and my small purse (that barely holds a few credit cards, my inhaler and my cell phone) and go in. Daniel, the tour director, stopped me and told me to ditch the purse too. I was shocked, I've been all over with this particular bag and couldn't believe it was too big to get into a government facility. I heeded his word and put my bag back on the coach after shoving my inhaler in ...

... later...... We the drove down the road to Horseshoe Bend, a famous lookout point high over the Colorado River. We had to walk ¾ of a mile there. Sound easy ? Don't be fooled! It was so hot, it was really hard work. Getting there was OK, but I only lasted a few minutes, as I felt a bit queasy at the huge drop. I also knew it would be hard work getting back, so wanted to make a head start with the kids, leaving Lyn there taking in the views and taking photos. Walking back was a nightmare ...

... was originally named Paria Crossing. It features a natural slope from the cliffs to the riverbank, allowing safe crossing over the Colorado River in otherwise impassable terrain. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Lee's Ferry was the only crossing ...

... Mojave. We ate in a café in the resort and sadly the meal was very average - though Gillian's grape tiddlywinks had us in stitches. Day 312 Wednesday 07/09/05 Grand Canyon - Moab Another long drive of 6 hours which took us into state nuber 4 - Utah. More scrub, more sand, more of the same. On the way we drove through Monument Valley which is basically a crater shaped valley that has some really nice rock formations sticking up. Not as big nor as many as we had ...

... out looking at the boating activity on the lake. Really enjoyed our peaceful time here. Got some gas before our journey tomorrow. 9.285 gallons at $1.959 a gallon ($18.19). I am loving these gas prices! We nipped out to Pizza Hut just over the Glen Canyon Dam for some food this evening. Got ourselves a large pizza each and a drink for $18.14. Bit of a shabby pizza hut if I'm honest, bt we weren't there for the scenery!