{"id":2243,"date":"2012-06-13T08:27:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T06:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.giuseppelupo.eu\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2012-06-13T14:52:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T12:52:42","slug":"y-s-n-p-2012-day-11-rainbow-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.giuseppelupo.eu\/?p=2243","title":{"rendered":"Y.S.N.P. 2012 day 11: Rainbow Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

6.00 AM I checked out at Escalante’s Prospector Inn and my plan was to move to\u00a0my next basecamp: Page in Arizona. I wanted to drive the Cottonwood Canyon Road <\/a>a scenic 47 mile dirt road connecting US12 in Cannonville with US89 Highway. I had driven this road several times and loved its variety of landscapes. I found it in perfect condition even for 2WD car and thus it was pure focuse on the landscapes without any challenge due to road condition. I had driven this road already once in 2009 when it hat been declared unpassable due to mud.\u00a0I am always remebered again at that scary situation when driving here<\/a>. But this\u00a0time\u00a0of year road was really in a fantastic shape,\u00a0easier to drive than Hole in the Rock Gravel Road. Unfortunatly I was\u00a0early and shadows present, thus it made no sense to do any fotos.<\/p>\n

I checked in at my hotel in Page, Az at 11am and drove\u00a0then to Whaweap\u00a0Marina, where\u00a0I had\u00a0booked a boattrip\u00a0to the Rainbow Natural Bridge\u00a0<\/a>.The boat started 12.30 in plain sun, so I hide myself in the lower deck. We arrived at 2.30pm at the Natural Bridge, which is reachable through a 1\/4 mile hike from the boat dock. Unfortunately sun was still standing high and contrast to extreme for fotos.ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder On the boattour back to Whaweap Marina I stayed on the upper sun deck and enjoyed the amazing views of the Lake Powell and the sandstone formations. This kind of boat tour is the best way to see Lake Powell from close distance.ngg_shortcode_1_placeholder<\/p>\n

In the evening I met my friend Alex from Munich and his friend Yang from Phoenix, Az. We planed our comen hiking tour for the next day having diner at Dam Bar & Grille. Here GPS log of the boat tour:ngg_shortcode_2_placeholder<\/p>\n

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