Photos of the Day: Horseshoe Bend
October 12th, 2020
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving and Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
Today we’re at Horseshoe Bend for a quick look over the edge. This graceful curve in the Colorado River started forming about five million years ago, carving a gorge in the sandstone 1,000 feet deep. The top is tantalizing with beauty and terrifying with height. Except for a few balconies where you can stand safely and shoot photos, the rim is wide open.
I find one of the most unusual things about this region is that notable sites are not visible from the road. The Grand Canyon and Horseshoe Bend are below surface level. Imagine going west and crossing the U.S. 150 years ago. If you were just a couple miles north or south of the Grand Canyon, you would miss it entirely. But if you were following the Colorado River, imagine that discovery!
More tomorrow,
Kelly
P.S. Thanks everyone for your comments! Replying in a timely fashion is hard from the road, but know that I love hearing from you. I have lots of reading and replying to catch up on.
Photos of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you while staying close to home.
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It’s a landscape of giants!
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Yes! It makes a human feel very small. 🙂
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spectacular!
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Thanks, Love! Just catching up on comments now that we’re home. By the way, thought of Gabbi on his birthday on the 14th. Sent him a belated message on Insta. Can’t believe we were there with you just a year ago. Such an amazing weekend. Hope you all had a nice celebration this year! xo
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Great photos, Kelly. Looking down from Dead Horse Point, if I’m not mistaken. Sounds like you are having a great time wandering around the Southwest! –Curt
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Actually, this is just south of Lake Powell. Looks like Dead Horse Point is up north near Moab but has a similar river view. Yes, wandering the Southwest was most enjoyable. Better than I even imagined. More photos coming soon!
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Surprised me! Thanks, Kelly. –Curt
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Each photo amazing, the last one especially so. It shows clearly the sheer fall from where the picture has been taken, must take lots of nerves to take a photo from that angle.
Is that a boat on the river?
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Yes! People were boating on the river! I’m not sure how they got there — there’s a large dam (Glen Canyon) up river that makes boating down river impossible. Must have come from the other direction. Would love to view this canyon from that perspective, although I don’t think you would get the same sense of a horseshoe shape…
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You’re in magnificent territory, for sure. Don’t bother responding — you have more looking to do than you have time. Just enjoy! i know I’m enjoying seeing through your eyes.
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“Don’t bother responding — you have more looking to do than you have time.” I LOVE your no-nonsense style, Rusha! Spoken like a true traveler! Thanks for keeping me on track, LOL! So great to have you along on these journeys. 🙂
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Another WOW!!
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Well said! It certainly was a wow! Thanks Kevin! Tomorrow, Bryce Canyon.
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We did this loop, going through some of the same places, two years ago. It was unforgettable. Appreciate the blogs about your trip.
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Thank you, K! How cool that you’ve done a similar loop. I agree — it certainly is an unforgettable part of the country. Thanks for reading along. 🙂
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I like the comment of how this is all below the level of sight…and just imagine being an explorer and stumbling onto something like this or the Grand Canyon? This type of thinking makes travel all the more amazing 🙂
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Thank you, Randall. Oh, to travel when there were still discoveries of this magnitude to be made. Must have been incredible!
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Agree, I have a book in my queue, Stephen Ambrose’s “Undaunted Courage” a biography of Meriwether Lewis. I’m looking forward to reading it to hopefully get a feeling of what Lewis & Clark experienced exploring the West… or I could also watch a re-run of Seinfeld again 🙂 Cheers ~
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Great pictures
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Thank you! 🙂
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