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To get to Horseshoe Bend via U.S. Route 89, it is easy to miss because there is no sign to Horseshoe Bend. But it is still easy to find since many cars are usually parked at the Horseshoe Bend parking lot.
To see Horseshoe Bend, visitors have to hike about 1.5 miles (2.4 km.) round trip from U.S. Route 89. It was a hard trail to walk since the trail was sandy and my feet were sinking into the sand.
I looked back on the hill along the trail to see Horseshoe Bend.
The Arizona desert in summer was hotter than I expected. So prepare water even after drinking a lot, and I recommend that seniors do not hike here during the hot summer. There was a shade structure for visitors to rest from the hot temperature and sun in between locations.
Suddenly, I realized I left my 16 mm wide-angle lens in the car, but I gave up going back to the car to get it because it was too hot.
Finally, stunning Horseshoe Bend appeared in front of me!
Because I did not have a wide-angle lens, I decided to take pictures of the left and right and combine them later.
Taking picture of the right side.
At least my camera was a full-framed camera, so I was able to get at least this much, but I really regretted that I forgot to bring my wide-angle lens.
The overlook there was 4,200 feet (1,300 m.) above sea level, and the Colorado River is at 3,200 feet (980 m.) above sea level, making it a 1,000-foot (300 m.) drop. So unless you are a daring person with strong nerves, most people approach by lowering their body toward the cliff and take pictures in this position.
There was something that looked like a boat at the bottom of the cliff on the river.
So I zoomed in as much as I could, and it was people enjoying fishing.
I always envy people enjoying a relaxed life style like this.
I also spotted tents with people enjoying camping here, and I suspect the yellowish structure was a pit toilet.
I also noticed an arch being created here. I guess this will turn into a cave after much more time later.
I looked around at many places through the zoom lens.
This is a unique shape of Navajo Sandstone.
Visitors were enjoying the scenery in a relaxed manner here.
We also enjoyed viewing the stunning Horseshoe Bend natural wonder for a while.
It was surprising that there was not even a warning sign on this dangerous cliff.
A daring female was posing for a picture sitting almost on the edge of the cliff.
Now we were heading back. The shade structure on the hill is the halfway point.
Depending on health conditions, it can take about 40 minutes to 1 hour.
I looked back to keep it in my memory longer.
Later I combined two pictures together into one.
I read that afternoon is better to take picture of Horseshoe Bend, but it was hard to arrange our trip according to that schedule since we had many places to visit.
If you click the link below you can view a 360-degree panorama view of Horseshoe Bend.
http://www.panorama360.es/en/pano/HorseShoeBend
*This posting was translated. Click here to read the original version.