The humongous turbines inside the dam….. power goes throughout the West, including Vegas which certainly needs all the electricity it can get.
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Out of this fine line up, Bunny rode Tater (as in Tots) and I rode Norman (as in Stormin’). An adventure, beautiful, fun, nervewracking.
This is about 2 hours into the ride and the only time that we stopped that was away from the edge….. if it weren’t so cold and I wasn’t so covered up, you’d see the sweat……
Between the ears of a mule, yes, there is something out there….. The ONLY time that I (Guy) got VERY nervous was when the guide would have us stop and face the Canyon for his talks. I am not sure what he said. All I could see was the precipice between the ears of Stormin’ Norman who was truly as stubborn as a mule. Would not go backwards and seemed instinctively to know how nervous his rider got the closer to the edge he got. I am sure it was actually safe but…… it’s a long way down for any small misunderstanding.
Life, Death, and Antiquity beyond human dimension or comprehension.
Vast in every dimension….. and, yes, that is snow in the foreground. It was in the 20s in the mornings. Normal for this time of year would have two feet or so of snow.
That is the mighty, roaring, and treacherous Colorado River about a mile down there….. it can and does toss rafters up and over like little corks. A short trip on a raft through the Canyon takes more than a week of hard work. A relatively better trip takes about 20 days.
We could put a thousand of these photos on the blog….. it just IS awesome! The Canyon is more than a mile wide and a mile deep at this point.
A great old watchtower built on the south rim of the Canyon in about the 1930s (?) as a tourist attraction (as if one is needed!) by white locals to simulate the Hopi stone work and architecture.
About a dozen of these elk came wandering through town….. we learned later that they had learned where the mules are fed. Smart! Why go through all the work of searching for something in the dry lands?
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