Lee's Ferry Arizona

Day 13   April 18, 2015

Just to let you know moving from one time zone to another and back is nothing but confusing.  We keep asking each other what time it is.  You would think that our clocks would help but, NO.  At one time Jan’s “fitbit” showed one time, our cell phones showed another, and my Garmin watch showed another.  I think most of the confusion is that we are staying less than 20 miles from Utah in Arizona, both on mountain time but one is on daylight saving and the other is not.  Dates aren’t much better.   Most of the time I can tell you the day of the week, but what is the date?

Today we drove over to Lee’s Ferry.  This is the last put in for people who want to raft the Colorado through Grand Canyon.  From what one person who was going to do this tomorrow, said, the distance was over 200 miles and would take up to 21 days of river travel. 

 

We watched several different boats begin this trek.  This was originally one of the only ways to cross the Colorado River before the 20^th century.  The “Ferry” sits at the head of Grand Canyon beside the Vermillion Cliffs, an absolutely beautiful setting. 

Red rock cliffs converge on this spot where they have a break enough for access from both sides. 

The settler that ran this ferry built several buildings from the beautiful rocks.  One of the buildings was built as a “fort” in order to fend off any invasion that might happen. 

On the fort the doors were just wide enough for a person to turn sideways through them.  Also, there were slits in the walls for shooting out.  It was never invaded, but better to be safe than sorry.

Something that Page has, being a desert town, that surprises us is the large number of house boat storage places.  These are some of largest house boats I have ever seen.  Some are full two story units. 

Their summer home, I am sure, is Lake Powell.