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Big Rock guards the exit from the famed Wall Street section of the Narrows in Zion National Park – a beautiful and welcome sight after hiking down (and directly in) the 16 wandering miles of the Virgin River's North Fork from Chamberlain's Ranch, buried deep in the backcountry of Southern Utah.
We started our hike at 6:30am that morning, after riding 1 hour and 20 minutes in a rugged 4x4 off road vehicle up treacherous mountain sides reminiscent of that famous death road in Peru. The driver told us countless stories of times when the hikers had to bail out as the vehicle began to slide off the steep, narrow, slippery mountain road and off the precipice into the forests below. Finally, after a very bumpy and long journey, he dropped us off in the middle of absolutely nowhere, high in the Utah mountains, from which point we would hike all the way back down into Zion National Park, down the North Fork of the Virgin River walking in rapids-filled slot canyons and over boulders the whole way, before finally arriving at the famous Temple of Sinawava exit point and then taking another 45 minute ride back to the park entrance.
This is the most long and strenuous of the three ways to hike the Narrows, and to do it, we had to enter and then win a lottery, apply for a wilderness backcountry permit. (Where you give them all your vital information and emergency contacts for Search & Rescue to use if they need to go look for you, and sign a few pages of warnings, notices, educational text and disclaimers.) Then comes a long and expensive shuttle ride to the start of the route.
Most people hike bottom-up, which is only 5 miles in water. Hardcore hikers do the 16 mile version top down in two days of 8 miles each with an overnight bivy in the middle. We did the most hardcore version, which is to take on the 16 miles nonstop in a single gruelling day. For those of you thinking 16 miles is easy, this is 16 miles directly in knee to waist deep icy rapids and over large boulders - not on a trail. It was quite the adventure, and I'm absolutely glad we completed this awesome bucket-list route! Many people dream of doing this for years, and I've been blessed to do both top-down and bottom-up in the same two weeks!
Then we hiked the even more brutal Subway top-down canyoneering route, the very next morning. That's a story for another day.
A shot from St Bees beach in the afternoon and a point at which my wellies would have been a better idea
CP 6262 and IC 2457 lead CP 286 through Atkinson Road in Green Oaks, Illinois after the morning rush came to an end.
I think the picture shows well the colour of the Lakeland stone. Mrs Andy pointed out that it maybe a good subject to photograph. She sees many things to photograph that I just don't!
Photographed in Grasmere Cumbria, UK.
Sony RX100 with a little help from Snapseed.
Had my first evening out in London last week since before the lock downs began, great to be out with people again, and great to see the smaller streets of Soho blocked off to traffic and the drinkers and diners reclaiming the streets, on what was a gorgeous warm evening.
Checking out for a while…need a rest…will catch up, when I can…
(My Miss Woolly, at nap time..)
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I picked up these take out salads, & I really like them. I bought fish, shrimp, egg, & chicken & there are 6 others that I think I may also need :-) They're a really good size, they were sold as "dollhouse", & they work as big salads, but they also work for 1:6 size (that's a Misaki in the picture), & are a good size for my Re-ment (the table, knife/fork, & shopping bag)
Sorry this is the last puffin shot that I will put up for a while..but I just thought that this one was sooooo cute sitting on the rock with its fluffy feathers and its eye catching the light!!! This photo made Explore #244 on April 29th 2009
Mamiya C220
Sekor 80mm f2.8
Fomapan 100
Rodinal 1:50
We call it "the raft". A memory foam mattress topper that was a temporary solution to sleeping downstairs with Molly when she had a medical issue...years ago. She loves it when we all stretch out together on it, so it stayed.
It truly is Molly's world - we just live in it.