Our first stopping point on the north rim, a little way from where the gorge starts |
Plants growing by the river |
Twisting and turning |
Looking down the river one way... |
...and the other. |
A similar shot |
Beautiful reflections |
A bridge over the river |
Me by the river |
Another one of me |
A final glimpse of this beautiful area from another angle |
Our second stopping point, in view of the start of the gorge |
Rugged rocky scenery |
Looking an the start of the gorge |
Another view into the gorge |
The same place, from another angle |
More nice plants and rock formations |
Our third stopping point, along the gorge itself! |
The walls fall pretty steeply |
The rockface is pretty rough |
The same with nearby plants, to give you an idea of the scale |
Looking along the gorge again... |
...and down into it. |
The last shot from this point. |
Our fourth stopping point on the north rim, and the highest |
From the viewing platform |
The near-vertical rock face down into the gorge |
The hills behind the rock face |
After some scrambling, taken from the very edge of the rock face |
Another shot from on the edge |
The rocks I was scrambling over... |
...and distant hills behind them. |
Another shot of the river from the edge, but further along |
Looking back down into the valley |
A similar shot |
Me sat on the edge of the canyon... |
...which is a long way down... |
...a very long way down! |
Looking back on the road we travelled along the north rim |
A similar shot, captuing the full height of the rocks to the left |
The lakes at the end of the gorge |
The bridge at the bottom is the one we were to cross later |
Looking back down the gorge |
A similar picture |
The lakes |
Final shot of the gorge from the north rim |
And a last glimpse of the lake before we headed down towards it |
We stopped down by the lake just before the bridge |
Looking out over the lake |
The bridge again - notice the colour of the water! |
From the lake shores |
Up on the south rim |
Looking further to the right |
The shadowy gorge |
More rugged rocks... |
...making a very tall gorge wall! |
Beautiful |
The river running through the gorge |
Looking through a rock formation |
The last glimpse of the rocks... |
...and of the river. |