It was another hot day in Arizona, but we had a great time. The group had been scheduled to take a boat cruise on Lake Powell, but due to the lake’s low level this was cancelled and replaced by a float down the Colorado River to Lees Ferry.

The float trip starts at the base of the Glen Canyon Dam, but to get there our bus had to drive through a two mile tunnel drilled through the ever present Navajo sandstone to the base of the canyon. This gave us a great view of both the dam and the canyon.

Did I mention it was a three hour tour? Thankfully, the canyon walls prevented the ship from getting tossed…

We saw so many tremendous sites, not least of which were canyon walls as high as 1700 feet above us. There were desert bighorn sheep, feral horses, and native art drawn on the canyon walls. At the end of the trip we also saw crews preparing boats for a seven day float through the Grand Canyon, leaving from Lees Ferry for the south rim.

Tomorrow may be a bit cooler. We are scheduled to go see some slot canyons. Pictures to come…