April 24, 2016 - Page three of the Canyonlands float trip.  If you are beginning here, please skip back to page 1 on April 22nd to view the post in order.

 

A hike up Water and Shot Canyon near the end of our trip.  The first photo is near the end of our hike close to the top of Water Canyon.  The river is at the very bottom of the canyon and the snow capped San Juan Mountains are barely visible on the horizon. 

 

Then, negotiating one of the unique crevices on our hike; and finally a Collared Lizard in the sun. 

We reached the confluence of the Colorado and Green Rivers on the last day of our float.  We climbed up the slope a short way for a view similar to the one John Wesley Powell experienced 140 years earlier.  The Colorado River is on the right and the Green River enters from the left.  The rivers flow toward the camera.

Take a good friend when you go; and a good map.