Dungeon Canyon Took Our Breaths Away

We found Dungeon Canyon to be quite impressive. It’s another wide open area with lots of sites to beach anchor, and plenty of space between boats for added privacy. As the day progressed, we enjoyed watching the way the light changed on the different rock faces surrounding us as the sun set and the warm, gold glow in the canyon turned more to a pinkish yellow before it cooled off and finally set just before the canyon turned dark.

The view at dusk off the stern of Kismet. (Above)

Jim is giving a demonstration (above and below) on how we embark and disembark the boat when we beach anchored in Lake Powell.

The view at dusk off the starboard side of Kismet. (Above)

You can barely see Kismet here (above and to the left), just a tiny speck in this vast canyon.

Lots of opportunities for beach anchoring in this canyon.

Jim is checking to see if he could get an internet signal (above), using our Liverpool cards as an iPad stand (ingenious). We found that we had to be within sight of Navajo Mountain to get any kind of signal, which made staying in touch a little challenging but we actually welcomed the time to be “unavailable.”

We walked all around our anchorage in search of these Moki (Moqui) Steps (above – left), carved out of the rock by ancient Pueblo (Anasazi) Peoples between 700 and 1,700 years ago. After almost two hours of searching, we had given up and turned to go back to the boat but then, in an area, we hadn’t even considered looking, they just kind of popped out at us when we made our way around this big rock.

This is how the light changes at dusk. First, just a less intense gold/orange (above) to finally a cooler pinkish green (below).