Lone Rock Beach

We find ourselves on the shore of Lake Powell sitting with a view that stretches for miles of shoreline.  This is probably not hard considering there is 1,900 miles of shoreline on this lake.  That is the same distance as driving from Seattle to San Francisco and back.

That's Lone Rock standing in the lake.

This is the view out our windows for the next few days.

I liked my shadow as I shot the view at sunset.
I'm 120 feet tall and skinny.

Sunset looking West.

Now I'll get to the great part of the day.  Our hike to Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River.  It was an easy one mile hike to this amazing view point.



Horseshoe Bend. Looking over the edge from thousands of feet up.

So long as we were there we extended our hike south along the rim of the canyon.  The wind gusts were strong at times so we were careful not to blow over the edge.

We couldn't resist the feet over the edge shot.

Terri and Eva climbed to the top of this vista.

We took time to just sit and listen.  The reward was from the birds that flew by as we sat.  It's hard to imagine but a bird soaring at 40 or 50 mph sounds like a small jet.  One passed a few feet from Terri's head, we were both shocked by the sound.  We sat for quite a while enjoying the sound of their flight.

We finished our day with a couple more short hikes through the red rocks along Lake Powell.  The formations in the weather worn stones are like a picture.

Struggling to survive.

Life is good for the Ranger's.

Eva the wonderdog.