Horseshoe Bend On The Colorado

We're in Page, Arizona. Another 100 degree day, so we hiked across the sand to see Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado.

This is the view at the end of the short, but sandy hike.

It's a thousand feet down to the water! Check out the size of the boat. This picture is zoomed to the max.

 In the afternoon we took a smooth water raft ride from the Glen Canyon dam down river to horseshoe bend. The river water is released at the Glen Canyon Dam  and is a constant 47 degrees. This kept the ride relatively cool but only three of us tried to swim in it at our rest stop. ( Well, we put our feet in)

Recognize the Island from the photo of Horseshoe Bend?

At our rest stop, we walked to a wall with lots of petroglyphs. the stairs one is identifying a path up the walls.

Topped off the day with some Pizza and this morning we travel to the cool elevations of Bryce Canyon.