April 22, 2016 - It is hard to imagine that 10 years ago today we were floating the Green River through Canyonlands to the confluence of the Colorado River as John Wesley Powell had done on a much longer and greater journey of discovery in 1869.  We were two canoes for six days on the serpentine river through a desert of canyons, cactus and stone.

 

In this photo notice the size of the people and canoe ahead of us.  The photo was taken in the first hour of the trip.  Day by day the canyons continued to grow deeper as we floated toward our destination of Spanish Bottoms on the Colorado River.

 

These last three photographs were taken on a hike up one of the slot canyons near our camp at Bonita (Beautiful) Bend on the river.  This was near "The Butte of the Cross" named by Powell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This photo was taken looking back toward our camp and the river from above the slot canyon, which is to the left and heading out of the photo.  There were petroglyphs near the river on the walls of the island butte in the center of the picture.

I am going to post a couple of more sets of photos from this trip in the following days.  Canyonlands is a wonderful place and the river is sublime.  Go do this on the river.