All Colorado River rafting adventures head downstream from Lee’s Ferry. The ferry formally opened in January 1873 and continued to run until Navajo Bridge opened in June 1929. It’s a cool bridge and now there are two! One for vehicles and one for pedestrians.

On our river trip, we were dropped off on one end and were encouraged to walk across to the other side, where we were picked up and shuttled to the put-in at Lee’s Ferry.

This image is looking upriver toward the ferry which is four miles away.

This is looking downstream under the vehicle bridge. It was cool to realize we would be floating on that water in just a couple of hours.

Putting padlocks on things is apparently a “thing”. I found these while walking across the bridge.

  I just don’t get tired of this view.

The Colorado is known for the amount of silt it moves. In this image, you can see it suspended in the green water.

See those black dots on the bridge? Those are California Condors! This image is from a different trip but they do like to hang out under the bridge. I think on this day we saw as many as ten!

On either end, you can shoot across and capture both bridges in the same images. They look like they are floating.

I like shadows. I saw this pattern being made from the ramada roof on the side we walked to.

Now we are on the river and fast approaching the bridge. The beaches on this river are stunning…but that’s a blog for a different time.

The black and white makes it seem like an older image. Look at the water and how rough it looks. These are the spring winds notorious for this time of year.

As we passed under I noticed people on the bridge looking at us. I was amazed at how small they were. This is even zoomed all the way in!

And finally, approaching the bridges and as we float under you can see both bridges from the underside.