Lake Powell Day 2

May 5, 2009

We had the buffet breakfast today at the hotel’s restaurant at $15 per person. Then we boarded our boat for the tour of Rainbow Bridge. This is a whole day tour...it takes 3 hours one way to go to the bridge, and then a 1 ½ mile hike round trip. Lake Powell is spectacular from the water. Once the boat enters the canyon that leads to the bridge, the canyon walls seem to hug the boat…the canyon was that narrow. Lunch was provided as well as water, tea, and lemonade all day. Half day tours to the bridge starts mid-May.

Rainbow Bridge is the largest natural bridge in the world. It is 290 ft high, spans 275 feet across the river. The top of the arch is 42 feet thick and 33 feet wide. Twenty years ago, boats can drive up to the bridge; now people have to hike as the water has gone way down. So if you haven’t been to the bridge, go now or else you’ll have a longer hike to do years from now.

The boat stopped at the Dangling Rope Marina and we bought some ice cream for snack. Lake Powell land is owned by the Navajo Indians and any development has to done by them or approved by them. A brand new hotel is coming soon in one of the marinas. Many private houseboats are docked here…you can tell some people do have a lot of money. Navajo Indians own about 25,000 square miles of land around here…they have their own president and laws…they have their own Navajo Nation.

We had dinner at the hotel’s restaurant again…this time Dek ordered Buffalo Osso Buco and I ordered sole with avocado mousse. Again, they were delicious.