Page ain't cheap to fly to, so Chris was kind enough to pick us up in Flagstaff and subsequently seized the opportunity to take us to a couple neat places on the way home. One of these was Navajo Bridge, constructed in 1929 and nearly 500' above the Colorado.
This is REALLY high up; gigantic canyon = deceiving scale
There's now a new bridge (1995), but the old one is still there and open to walk across. Historical importance: it's the only bridge across the Colorado River for ~600 (!) miles. It's right near Lee's Ferry, which was the old-fashioned (and only) way across before the newfangled bridge came on the scene. Whippersnapper.
And from rather far away
Bonus photo of last light on a rock formation next to the bridge
Pretty cool structure to crawl around on, but nothing compared to the stuff we'd see in the coming days.
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