Boulder City, Birthday Arch Hike in Page

Our last day in Page we did the Birthday Arch hike in the morning.  It was a beautiful, crisp, sunny day. Perfect for hiking.  The trail meanders up a shallow canyon which is very sandy and would have been tough walking, I think, if the sand had been dry. But the previous rain packed the sand making it much easier to walk on.

Mike waiting for me to take another picture!

Good looking dude

Have a heart!

There is the arch.....nice one!

Boulder City, Lees Ferry AZ, Part 2

So please remember, I am putting the city we are currently in first in the title, then a comma and subject of current post.

After the Lonely Dell Ranch, we drove over to Lees Ferry and hiked along the river a couple of miles.  There are remains of some buildings and a sunken steamboat that we checked out.  Had a great afternoon.  The whole time we walked along the Colorado we were alone and only saw one boat.

On our way "home", we stopped and did a short hike to Horseshoe Bend a wonderfully scenic spot.

These first 6 pics are still from the Lonely Dell Ranch area.  Then you can read a bit about Lees Ferry before looking at the rest of the pics.

Aren't the colors in the hills amazing?  

Maybe an "employees" house in back of the ranch. Hmmmm

Color, color and more color!!

A bit about Lees Ferry

.......and more color!!

This is a popular launch area for rafting trips down the Colorado

Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River at sunset

Boulder City, NV (Las Vegas)

We, regretfully, left Page earlier than we had hoped but the weather was/has been much cooler than we had planned for.  So we are back near family and friends for the next month!  I still have some catching up to do however.....a few days worth!  So here goes!

These pics are from Tuesday the 9th, Part 1.  We drove out to Lees Ferry after it had rained all day on Monday and it had snowed up on the plateaus.  It was beautiful but the roads were icy.  We saw 2 cars overturned by the side of the road!  Lees Ferry is on the Colorado River so when we descended, we left the snow behind and it was a beautiful hiking day!

We spent the first part of the day checking out the Lonely Dell Ranch and hiking up the canyon behind it.  Thats what these pictures are.  Tomorrow I will have pics of the Lees Ferry area.

These 4 pics taken from jeep along highway....too cold to get out!

historic bridge

Navajo Bridge on right, now for peds only. Nice view!

Balance rocks next to road.  Colorful scenery!

rest of pics taken on Lonely Dell Ranch....read about it

Check out dates of deaths.....sad

An out house out in the middle of nowhere.....how convenient!