Day 44 More Lee's Ferry

We are still camped on the hill overlooking the Colorado river at Lee's Ferry. Yesterday we hiked up Glen canyon and saw the historic ruins of the old Ferry service. There was also the remains of a steamboat which had sank and what was left of a gold mining operation. We walked thru Lonely Dell ranch looking at all the historic remain of buildings, etc. We also sat along the shore watching the commercial raft trips ending their 15 mile trip from Glen canyon dam. In the morning we also saw the individual rafters leave on their long and very dangerous trip thru the Grand Canyon. It is all rigidly controlled by rangers. There is only so many allowed per day. We only counted 8 rafts and 3 kayaks. They say that you may have to wait for as long as 10 years for a chance to go down the river. We have taken a lot of pictures, sorry can't send any, it still don't work.