Seeing life from bridges brings natural high

From: The Gazette | Date: February 20, 2000| Author: Linda DuVal; The Gazette | Copyright information

Not far from Lake Powell, that great lake of the Southwest, is Natural Bridges National Monument.

You've been to Arches National Park, you say? Well, this is a little different.

Arches, technically speaking, are carved from sandstone at the skyline; bridges form at the bottoms of canyons. Three of the best bridges of the Southwest are found within close proximity here. It takes about an hour to drive the eight-mile, one-way loop and view each of the arches from above, but a vi...

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