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I left The Petrified Forest National Park and headed North for Utah and Zion National Park. Along the way I checked into a motel in Tuba City. I went out to find somewhere to buy beer but there was none to be found. I asked a big native guy, he told me (and this is the way he spoke) No beer on reservation.... you go 60 miles West you find beer store, they sell you beer. I replied, 120 miles round trip for some beer?? I don't think so. |
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The Colorado River from Navajo Bridge |
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On The Way To Lees Ferry |
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HooDoo's These balanced boulders are known as HooDoo's. The land around is being eroded by wind, rain and frost but the harder rocks erode much slower and act as a roof for the softer ground below them leaving the boulder balanced on a pedestal. Eventually the pedestal will also erode and the boulder will fall. |
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Lees Ferry The place where Lees Ferry used to operate is one of the few natural breaks in the canyon walls. The First Ferry was launched on January 11th 1873 and was operated by John D. Lee, a Mormon and practicing Polygamist (as was common at the time) He had been posted here to create and operate a ferry by the Mormon Church as a way of getting him out of the way because of his part in the Mountain Meadows Massacre in which 120 people were murdered. He would later hang for his part in the crime. The last ferry crossing ended in disaster with the loss of a number of lives. On June 7th 1928 with high waters, weak cables and an old boat, the ferry capsized. The Navajo bridge was already under construction and with the closure of the ferry, trucks had to carry materials 800 miles to reach the other side of the construction site. |
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Today Lees Ferry Landing is used mainly as the starting point for many Grand Canyon River Runs |
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