We used the time on the mostly empty lake to do some exploring, heading first to "Music Temple," where John Wesley Powell reportedly took his men and sang songs with them in the echoing chamber to raise their spirits during their expedition down the Colorado.
Next we headed to the biggest draw on the lake, Rainbow Bridge. This is the world's largest natural bridge. I had seen so many pictures of it, but they truly didn't do justice to its massive size. I know these won't for you, either, but just imagine standing 200 feet away from the thing and still straining your head as far back as it will go just to look up at it.
After Rainbow Bridge we headed back to the marina to return the boat. Somehow, though, the gas gauge malfunctioned, showing that we had 3/4 tank when we started going and hit the big E about 10 miles later. We turned around to head back to the gas station, but ran out of fuel about 2 miles later. Some very nice folks stopped to help and brought us back some gas, so we got to enjoy floating around in the middle of the lake one last time before we left.
Finally we got the boat back to the dock and pulled it up out of the water with a little more skill and experience than when we put it in. We returned the boat to the rental place without any damages and headed on south toward the Grand Canyon, sleeping in Williams, AZ with a couple truckloads of New Mexico Hot Shots (forest fire fighters, for those of you who don't know).
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