Marble Canyon from Navajo Bridge
Marble Canyon is a section of the Colorado River canyon in northern Arizona from Lee's Ferry to the confluence with the Little Colorado River, which marks the beginning of the Grand Canyon.
Lee's Ferry is a common launching point for river runners through the Grand Canyon.
For a lot of tourists exploring the Grand Circle, the Marble Canyon is one scenic stop. It is on the highway that connects Zion National Park and Grand Canyon National Park. For us however, we came from
Petrified Forest National Park on our way to
Page, Arizona. However, our failure of listening to the traffic updates led us to Marble Canyon because of the road closure. We were forced to take a detour to Marble Canyon, and what a joyful find it was for us.
There is a Visitor Center at the Navajo Bridge, where we learned about the rare California condors that could be found here at Marble Canyon or Vermilion Cliffs. We did not get lucky in finding a condor soaring high here at Marble Canyon, but sure did we found a lot of them at Vermilion Cliffs.
Anyway, here are more pictures from Marble Canyon.
how little we are compared to the landscape
Beth!!! Is this a scheduled post or part of your on-going adventure? Have fun and keep safe. I am enjoying the photos KTL posts in FB. :D
ReplyDeleteFantastic photos!
ReplyDeleteLandscapes to dream away. What a place.
ReplyDeleteGreetings,
Filip
How little we are in front of the landscape.
ReplyDeleteHow big you are compared to the sands.
Fantastic place, wonderful photos:) Greetings
ReplyDeletethats nature's craft work...
ReplyDeleteSpellbinding landscape, betchai! Love the colors reflected in the water, a mix of green, blue and orange. Too bad you missed out on the condors though, but as they say.. there is always a next time. :)
ReplyDeleteI love desert photos. We are so completely not desert around here that I can't believe it is the same country.
ReplyDeleteOh marvelous, wonderful and amazing place, Betchai! I saw an episode on the Colorado River, and it's just incredible!
ReplyDelete...catching my breath at the beauty of Marble Canyon.....and yes how little we are compared to the landscape...I actually had to look at the photo twice to find someone standing there! :)It was a blessing not to have listened to the traffic update then :) glad you found your way to this beautiful place....missing you on blogosphere!! haha, but joyful and excited to see all your vacation photos! weeee!!!
ReplyDeletei feel all my worries are so small upon looking at these photos. I can just sit there in that riverbank and ill be problem free.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful views and colors, what a fantastic place for a detour to lead too!
ReplyDeleteI can almost feel the tranquility in that place just by looking at your photos!
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking landscape! How amazing really is God's work of art!
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