The Black Bridge in the Grand Canyon — Image by kenne
The Black Bridge is officially called the Kaibab Suspension Bridge. It carries the South Kaibab Trail across the Colorado River and is the bridge used by hikers and mule trains traveling to and from Phantom Ranch. The raft below the bridge appears tiny, yet the bridge itself spans about 440 feet across the Colorado River. The Black Bridge and the nearby Silver Bridge are the only crossings of the river for many miles in either direction.
Arizona Side of the Colorado River — HDR Image by kenne
Laughlin, Nevada Side of the Colorado River — HDR Image by kenne
Laughlin, Nevada Side of the Colorado River — Video Clip by kenne
Tucson/Avra Valley Aquifer — Panorama by kenne
Colorado River Sunset — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— kenne
A Section of the Colorado River South of Lake Mead In Northwest Arizona
— Panorama by kenne
— Ilan Shamir
We spent a day and night at Edgewater Casino, along the Colorado River at Laughlin, Nevada
before diving the “Loneliest Road In America” to the Great Basin National Park.
— Images by kenne
Colorado River South of Hoover Dam Panorama — Images by kenne
The Rocks
of these mountains
are no match against
the mighty river.
Weary of its motion
they open to
potent penetration.
— kenne
Colorado River In Canyonlands National Park, Utah — Computer Painting by kenne
— kenne
Canyonlands National Park, Utah — Computer Painting by kenne
— kenne
(Click on any of the tiled images to see larger image view in a slideshow.)
Antelope Canyon On Lake Powell, Arizona — Images by kenne (Click on any of the tiled images to see larger image view in a slideshow.)
June 9th we took a boat cruse from Lake Powell / Wahweap Marina that included going into one of the best known and photographed slot canyons, Antelope Canyon. The weather was perfect, only missing a few passing clouds that would have made the clear blue sky even more perfect. The boat followed the original path of the Colorado River along the shores of the Navajo Nation. The morning sun made for rich and deep colors on the high canyon walls — poetry in reddish striations.
Sandstone Tapestry
kenne
The Saturday after Thanksgiving we left Pala and returned to Tucson. Our normal route has been to head west to I-15, then east on I-8. This time we decided to take an alternate route parallel to I-8 through the mountains to the desert into Imperial Valley. Before reaching El Centro, in the valley and near the Salton Sea, we begin to see dust in the distance.
Signage told us that our route was taking us through Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA). You could see RVs, with their flag poles up, in all directions. Ocotillo Wells is open for off-highway exploration and recreation, which in another life I would have loved to have experienced in my dirt-bike twenties.
As we headed east early in the morning, (about 8:00 am) the were just a few off-road vehicles out in the desert leaving behind a lot of dust, which would be a multiple of what the day would bring once hundreds of vehicles hit the dirt.
Once we were on I-8 and near Yuma, Arizona, we once again saw off-road vehicles, this time on the Algodones Dunes. The dunes are 45 miles long by 6 miles wide, extending along a northwest-southeast line that correlates to the prevailing northerly and westerly wind directions. Where I-8 crosses the Algodones Dunes, the frontage roads provide an easy access for off-road vehicles.
At least there’s not a lot of dust stirred-up by the many vehicles on the sand.
We stopped at a rest area to take a few photos of kids of all ages.
Images by kenne
DIRT IN MY LIFE
— kenne
Male (Drake) Mallard Duck Near The River Shore
The Drake Preening Himself.
The Female Mallard Is Not Following, But Is In Hot Pursuit. — Images By kenne
Missing The Connection — Image by kenne
I held you high
Above the river waters,
A marker for all to see.
Together we marked
The changing waters,
Always flowing.
Now you are gone,
Missing the connection
I dream of our yesterdays.
kenne
Mallard Ducks On The Colorado River — Images by kenne
The Duck — Ogden Nash
Full Moon Along The Colorado River At Laughlin, Nevada — Image by kenne
The river’s water
A source of life in the west,
The Dawn of the Past.
— kenne
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