Tuesday, October 16, 2012

N IS FOR .....

The Narrows at Lake Powell



The day after the wedding, we were taken on a tour of part of Lake Powell. (It is a very large lake!)  The newly weds showed us some of their favorite places.  Today I will show you what I call the NARROWS.


It was a couple of miles long.


It widens and narrows again. In one place a sort of basin area opened up and there we stopped for a while for a swim.

Getting narrower.


Almost spooky.

In some places it was narrow enough to almost touch both sides with your arms stretched out.  But it was plenty deep, though in a couple of place we had to watch for underwater rocks.


Then we hightailed it out o' there!

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This is my entry for ABC WEDNESDAY, letter N.  Thank you to Mrs. Nesbitt and Roger Owen Green for adjudicating this project. To see more fascinating entries please click HERE

More photos of Lake Powell coming up later.

15 comments:

Carver said...

Absolutely gorgeous. Wonderful shots this week. Carver, ABC Wed. Team

Leslie: said...

I was already thinking it was spooky before you said it! lol

Leslie
abcw team

Chubskulit Rose said...

Narrow but beautiful!

Nuggets of Wisdom
Rose, ABC Wednesday

photowannabe said...

Love the Narrows. It's rather other-worldly.

claude said...

Nice boating at Lake Powell. Beautiful narrow.

snafu said...

Some great pictures, I did not see it as spooky, although it is a drowned canyon. A much more pleasant journey than the explorer John Wesley Powell had when he first travelled Glen Canyon.

Roger Owen Green said...

I heard that it used to be higher in volume, but that the drought has made it even dodgier. Cool, but unsettling!

ROG, ABC Wednesday team

mrsnesbitt said...

Love the narrows! Looking forward to more touring! lol!
Dxx

Gattina said...

Wow ! absolutely beautiful I wished I could also sit in that boat !
Gattina
ABC Wednesday Team

Lisa said...

Newlyweds and Narrows! Great selections for the day. I love your photos. Looks like a beautiful place.

Lmkazmierczak said...

Looks like a great way to spend an afternoon♫

Reader Wil said...

Thank you for showing these awesome photos of a country I never have seen. It's breath taking.
Thanks for your visit. Yes there was a lot of interaction and rivalry between England and the Netherlands. Queen Elisabeth I sent Leicester to the Netherlands to support the. Prince of Orange against the Spanish King Philip. Later in the 17th century we had the English wars ( you will call them probably, the Dutch wars with the admiral s De Ruyter and Tromp. Much later during the French Revolution England harboured the Prince of Orange, who became our first king. Since then we were friendly neighbours.

Lisa said...

absolutely woNderful N photos!!! I love your blog - It's so nice!

Cheri said...

Lovely, but I don't think there's any "almost" about it; it's just downright spooky!

Janet said...

Oh Chris!! I kayaked Lake Powell this time last year and, I believe from your photos, I ventured through these very narrows...what beautiful shots you have gotten and what wonderful memories they have brought me! Thanks!