We Have A Cool Pleasant Ride Today (July 31, 1869)

From the journals of John Wesley Powell:

July 31, 1869/

We have a cool, pleasant ride today through this part of the canyon. The walls are steadily increasing in altitude, the curves are gentle, and often the river sweeps in an arc of vertical wall, smooth and unbroken; and then by a curve that is variegated by royal arches, mossy alcoves, deep beautiful glens and painted grottoes.

Colorado River at Boucher Canyon (top)

in Turquoise Canyon (middle)

Zoroaster Temple from River Trail (below)