Hole in the Rock

Brian and I planned a trip to Lake Powell, we invited all of the Rowsers and it turned out to be a fantastic trip. Dad was able to get a bigger house boat than the one we reserved and got it on a old debt. This is a video of one of the last days we were there. We drove the boat to Hole-in-the-Rock and climbed up it. The boys did great, Jacob got really low on the way down but he was leading the pack on the way up. Here is a bit of information I got of the Internet on the back ground to Hole-in-the-Rock.

Hole-in-the-Rock is the name given by Mormon settlers in 1879 (the San Juan Mission) to a short, steep valley leading towards the Colorado River, the only breach for many miles in the otherwise vertical cliffs of Glen Canyon that constituted an almost impassable barrier between the then unsettled lands in southeast Utah. Even here there was a sheer 45 foot cliff to overcome, and 6 weeks of labour was needed to construct a route down which the wagons of the party could pass. The lower 300 feet are now submerged below the cold waters of Lake Powell but the route to this point survives as the Hole-in-the-Rock road and today this provides easy access to the Escalante River and its western tributaries - the most visited area of the National Monument.