Colorado River Raft trip

We had river raft trip planned for one of our days.  This was on the Colorado River and was a 4 hour float.  It didn't start until 12:30 so we started our day by stopping at a little museum in the town we were staying in.  Kanob, Utah bills itself as 'Little Hollywood' because there have been so many movies and tv shows, especially westerns, that were filmed there.  All along the shopping area are little plaques with photos of actors who had been there.  Some familiar names were Tony Curtis, Ronald Reagan, Don Knotts, Omar Shariff, Charlton Heston.  Some of the shows done in the area were Daniel Boone, The Lone Ranger, Bonanza.  The museum was just small and didn't have a lot that we knew, but it was fun to see.

This was one of the sets, from a movie Bob enjoyed.


Then it was on to Page, Utah for the river float.

We stopped along the way to see Lake Powell.  It's a beautiful lake, surrounded by cliffs, with the prettiest blue color!


Then it was time to get on the raft!  This was not a white water rafting trip, but a calm raft ride.  We got on the rafts just down from the Glen Canyon Dam.

The day we did this was 9/11 and the dam was lined with flags to commemorate that day.

Here we are, starting out, with this great view of the dam.

Here's another raft, to show you what we were on.
It was another hot day, 95 degrees when we got on the river.  Down in the canyon it's 10 degrees warmer, so it was very uncomfortable!  We were reminded frequently to keep drinking, and the guide had a bucket of cold water on the raft that we could use to dip bandana's our hats in.  I never wear a hat because I think I look terrible in them, however, I had taken one along to protect myself from the sun.  When they first mentioned the wet hat idea, Cheri and I both said no way would we do that.  However, it didn't take long for modesty to die and our hats to be soaked, along with our hair.  This was repeated several times, along with everyone else on the raft.

 The canyon walls were lined with many different colors of rock, along with markings from water running down it.

The views were amazing, with changes around every bend.

We saw a few people fishing along the way.

At one point, we pulled up on the shore and took a short walk to a canyon where there were Indian Petroglyphs on the wall.  Our guide was a Navaho Indian who was very interesting to listen to.  She said these markings were to show things that could be hunted here and where to find them.

A highlight of the trip was seeing these wild horses!

When the trip was done, we had a 45 minute bus ride back to where we started.  We rode through a section of the Navaho Reservation, which is huge.  It's in parts of 4 states.  I liked this little church that we saw while driving through it.

That was it for the day.  Cheri and I had to do some major work on our hair before we could be seen in public, but it was so worth it!