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Show 499 which trip he was accompanied by Bob Marshall . . He decided they would go up the Colorado River about seventy miles to the mouth of Bridge Canyon , , where the Rainbow Natural Bridge is located , , but after starting they only went up about fifty miles and encountered a bad place about three miles above Lees Ferry where it was narrow and swift , , and another place just before he got to Warm Creek that was narrow and swift . ( R . 1737 . ) There were sand bars all along which also caused them trouble . He afterwards found a place just below Bridge Canyon that he believes would have been worse than either one of the places that he has ( men- men ) tioned . The Ford motor he had on this boat would develop about sixteen horsepower , in his opinion . As he recalls , he secured his ( pilot's pilots ) license in May or June , 1926 . ( R . 1738 ) ' The man [ Bob Marshall ] who accompanied him ( wasn't wasnt ) a pay passenger . He estimates that they carried about two hundred ( and and- and ) fifty pounds of ( sup- sup ) plies consisting of bed roll , provisions and gasoline . He ( doesn't doesnt ) know how much gasoline he had , ( al- al ) though he had a tank that held ten or eleven gallons he believes , and had ten or fifteen gallons in a can . . ( R . . 1739 . ) He ( doesn't doesnt ) recall just how much food they had along , but enough to last about a week . When he turned around to come back he had about two gallons of gasoline left , and on the up ( -trip trip trip ) he ( didn't didnt ) go ( t6'any t6any ) points of interest , just looked for the easiest way to get up . ( R . 1740 . . ) |