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Show -2- that God had prepared many thousands of years before, as if in anticipation of the morrow when the Holy Mysteries vlTere to be oelebrated h.el'e. Maxfield Parrish has made spots like this known the world ov~r, yet it is always a thrill to find one. In the morning, a large frying paD s~ed for a church-bell, and nearly all of the party dev~tly attended Mass. As all (except Norman) were new to our Church and her ways,I took a few moments to explain the na-ture and p~rpose of this sacrificial act. Every Mass is· a new experience. but this, amid the breath-taking beauty of Slick Horn Canyon, was unforgettable. ~o.rmant.s build-ups are no small part of the trip. "This morning is going to be really· rugged,and I'm not kidding.You haven't seen any rough water yet!" Be was right. Once our boat struck a rock; I was sitting on the forward deck which assumed an angle of about 45 degrees. with the result that when the oarsman turned around to see if I was all right he didn't see me at alll Ir. ' a moment he saw a hand emerge-I"" my precaution Egainst .hitting my head agc:.inst the boatfs bottom. Apparently I liked the swim so much that after the luncheon-stop,when shoving off from shore,I slipped on a slimy rock and went in again! Syncline Rapids fnrnished plenty of excitement this day --the passengers walked, and the boatmen ran the rapids. We camped that night on a small sand bar where & tock covered with petroglyphs suggested the name "Camp Petroglyph." THIRTEEN- foot Rapids were the high-light of the next day.Again the passengers wer~' set ashore, and walked several miles, then stood with poised cameras until the most experienced boatmen shot down t~ie rapids which,as the name implies,drop thirteen feet in a distance of only a few hundred yards •• Towards evening we came to the junction of the two Rivers, and c1::.mped just above Hidden Passage, where Norman bui&t (after dark) a huge fire,lighting up the canyon walls after the manner of Washington CuthedralJ . Four canyons and a trunk were explored the next day. I can't describe them, each is beautiful in its own way. Hidden Passage, a tributary,is so narrow that in places you can touch both walls at once,yet thes .e walls go up for hundreds of feet~ A n8tural showerbath plays constantlY,awaiting e. bather, and after \'Ie had take,n a few pictures we scaled,with ~ rope, the now not so high walls, and did some first-cl?ss exploring. The other canyons ure Music Temple(so nt.med by Major Powell in 1869 bect:.use u ne~ro in his party se.ng nostulgicsongs in the echoing amphitheatre), Mystery Canyon and Boulder Canyon -- the last two named by Norman.He is thinking of renaming the lust Twilight Canyon,to avoid confusion with Boulder Dam. The trunk is an old round-top thing,evidently abandoned by some prospector ·around l888,to judge from a newspaper clipping. It contLined mostlY410thing of quaint design. Towards evening we had several glimpses of Navajo Mountain, the traditional northwest boundary of Nava jo Country. We cnmped that night at th~ mouth of Forbidden Canyon,in or near some old c1iffdwellings. It was to be a two-night camp, for from this point w~ JIlude,next day, our hike to Rainbow Bridge, that little-known and seldom visited Wonder of the World;the l argest known natural bridSe. They say thf .. t the Capitol at Washington could be set under it and leave room for flagst aff [.nd its finial, though I believe no serious effort has been made to put the two together~ Norman had seen some of my sket- . ches,and yet he wanted me to make one of Rainbow bridge. Well,he asked for it, o.nd he got three of them. They were so awful that he inSisted on my t aking one, which I did. Seriously, .\ ..• |