Huber Happenings: June 2011

While staying at Jacob Lake we drove down to Lee's Ferry which is the very beginning of the Grand Canyon. The Vermillion Cliffs are amazing and beautiful.

We took the trail and walked back along the river. We saw the things mentioned in the sign.

We saw lots of rafters too.

Driving into this area you see some interesting rock formations.

We drove over to the Navajo Bridge. We went to the Visitors Center there and walked out on the bridge where you can look down to the Colorado River.

We drove back to Jacob Lake where we were staying. It was nice to be back in the pines after the warm day at Lee's Ferry.
When we left on Friday, we drove down to Bryce Canyon and spent a lot of the day in that area. It is a beautiful place.

We saw people going down the trail on mules or horses.

Bryce Canyon is a beautiful place. Many trails and formations throughout the area.

This past week we celebrated our 48th Anniversary! It is hard to believe it has been that many years. We are getting close to 50! Wow! We left last Monday and headed down to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The Temple is closed for the next two weeks for regular cleaning, so we had the time to see some of the country we had not been to before. It is beautiful and we had a nice time. We stayed at Jacob Lake and drove out from there to the park each day.

We have driven through Jacob Lake many times when we went that way to go to Arizona, so it was fun to actually stay there. They have a motel and many cabins. Ours was a little rustic, but still nice.

We ate breakfast each day in the restaurant right there. They have lots of Navajo rugs etc on the walls. It is a very interesting place and also has beautiful things in the gift shop. Jacob Lake is known for their yummy cookies they sell. We have stopped there several times just to buy cookies.

This is Holly in the gift shop. Jacob Lake recruits students from BYU, USU, Utah, etc to come work there for the summer. They are all LDS and are very friendly and helpful. They probably have over 40 kids there to work.

On Tuesday, our Anniversary, we bought a painted glass art work that we have on our front door. It is really pretty.

So, now on to the things we saw:
Monday we arrived. It was so windy all day. We drove out to Marble Canyon overlook. We had to go on a dirt road quite a ways. In some places there were trees down and they had cut parts to get around them.

There were probably 50 mile/hr winds. We thought we might get blown away!

We took food and equipment so we could have picnics wherever we went. It worked out great.

As you drive through the forests, it is sad to see where there have been devastating forest fires.

It will take several generations before the forests are back. But, there are still beautiful areas too.
We drove through beautiful meadows with forests off to the sides.

There is a beautiful lodge right here at the North Rim. They have lots of cabins too and it would be a fun place to stay, but they were all booked up for the whole season.