Lake Powell

Today's destination was Rainbow Bridge. Unfortunately, it's quite a long slog to get there by boat from the base of Lake Powell, though the scenery is quite impressive along the way:

Unfortunately, as we neared Rainbow Bridge our tour boat lost an engine. While we still were able to limp the last 45 minutes to the dock with the one remaining engine, they had to radio back to the resort for a second boat to bring out the mechanics and take us home. We were told to hike up to see the bridge (about 1.25 miles each way thanks to low water levels in the lake) while our rescue boat made its way to us.

Upon returning from the bridge, our replacement boat had not arrived. The bad news is that was over two hours before it showed up and we had nothing to do but wait in the heat; the good news is that it was one of the less balmy days we've had so far, topping out at a paltry +42 Celsius.

Nerves were short when we got back to the resort after 10 hours, 4 hours behind schedule. :(