Amazing Complex Creation

My God is an amazing creator. He created you. And you are different than anyone else. The instructions he gave to one little cell to make you (your genetic code) if read one letter per second would take 97 years to read. But somehow that little cell put you together in all your complexity in just nine months. The average person spends about one half an hour as a single cell. By the time you are fully developed your body contains around 10 to 50 Trillion cells. On the average 300 million cells in our body die per minute and as that happens our body will make that many new ones (we hope). The human brain is estimated to have the memory storage of up to 1000 terabytes and uses the amount of power that it takes to run a 10 watt light bulb. The body has an estimated 60,000 miles of blood vessels and the surface area of our lungs is estimated at that of the surface area of a tennis court so oxygen and CO2 can be transferred into and out of the blood. It is estimated the human body uses around 200 muscles to take one step. There are over a million nerve cells that connect the eye to the brain so you can even see this to read. And some how it all works together to make this! A beautiful child.

But yea I know this just happened by random chance!

Trip To Rainbow Bridge

My Wife and I took a trip to Rainbow Bridge out at Lake Powell. Its a two hour boat ride one way. Its a fantastic lake with great scenery. I heard that the total length of this lakes shore line is equal to the California, Oregon and Washington shore lines combined. It's a darn big lake! with lots of little fingers and narow canyons going out in every direction. So their are many hiking oportunities. It can get pretty hot in the summer so bring lots of water. In Late July and August there are often thunder storms in the afternoon that can kick up waves. We found that in the good weather months a reservation for the trip should be made well in advance. The Trip starts and ends at the Wahweep Marina. For reservations contact Lake Powell Resorts And Marinas. http://www.lakepowell.com/tours.aspx 888-896-3829. Another time I went we rented a ski boat and water skied and camped out over nignt out on the shore of the lake.

West Clear Creek

I just took a three day two night trip into Clear Creek Wilderness in Arizona, with my friend Cliff. It is one of my favorite spots. Its a deep remote canyon with a nice stream. And very few people willing to do the hard work it takes to get to the best parts.

The going is difficult because there is no trail. In places you must swim to go up the canyon because there are cliffs coming right out of the water. That is what makes it so special and what eliminates the crowds.
I have been in the canyon many times but it never gets old. My favorite spot to camp is at a water fall. Its about a 20 foot fall with a nice pool at the bottom. I feel its the best swimming hole in Arizona. We entered from a trail head found off forest service road 214. This trail is trail # 17 and it drops down into the canyon descending over 1700 ft. in only around two steep and rocky miles. You could take trail # 17 up from Bull Pen Ranch and avoid the steep rocky stuff but that's 5 to 6 miles. As you get near the bottom there is a trail leading east that is easy to miss. This takes you upstream to the narrow part of the canyon. Getting wet is mandatory for getting to the falls because one place the swim is a good 30 yards. And there are several other shorter swims. So you have to pack your stuff in "dry bags" and find a way to float your pack as you swim. Because of the narrow parts of the canyon this should be avoided in the monsoon season due to flash flood danger. Up to the left on this site where it says pages you will find a link to a map.