May 26, 2021 - Day Seven, Flight One, Part Two
Flying Pariah River
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| The Pariah River flows from the north part of Bryce Canyon southeast down to the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry, so almost immediately I was on the river. |
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Passing by the little town of Cannonville
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| Descending to the river, or river bed, take your pick. |
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Looking northeast. Last Chance Creek, which I flew yesterday, is out there somewhere.
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| Looking southwest. |
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| A very nice-looking canyon appears ahead. |
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A side canyon off to the right.
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| Looking back the way I had come. |
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| And straight ahead -- starting to get very scenic. |
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| I start weaving over the canyon. |
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| Fabulous. |
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| The only way to really see something like this is from the air. |
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Continuing down the Pariah River.
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| Wow. |
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| The canyon opens up. |
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The colors are unbelievable.
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| Passing by a colorful Butte. |
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| Beautiful. |
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| The Pariah River merges with this canyon coming down from the north. I remember flying it back in 2016. It was fun then, so I decide to do it again and turn to the north. |
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| I think this is called Cottonwood Canyon and features a stone wall on it's right (east) side. |
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Looking down at where the Pariah River joins Cottonwood Canyon.
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| Now heading north into the Cottonwood Canyon. |
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| This huge yellow rock is named .... "Yellow Rock". |
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| A colorful side canyon called Hackberry. |
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Natural art.
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| Cruising up the canyon although now it is named Cottonwood Canyon. |
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| I emerge into this high valley. I make a big U-turn. Little did I know that the famous Grosvenor Arch is just to the right in the distance. If only I had known, I could have easily checked it out. Oh well, I'll just have to fly back here again someday. |
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Another creek and canyon was visible to the southeast but it didn't look too colorful so I just headed back down Cottonwood.
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| About to dive back down into Cottonwood Canyon. |
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Colorful.
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| Looking up at the East wall. |
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| The west side of the canyon. |
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| There is a dirt road that runs up the lower half of the canyon but these are the only vehicles I saw. |
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| I rejoined the Pariah River and continued south. |
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