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Show ' s) :- ' , r . - ;: ; . v ,' v . V' , - -;v ;,.,.;'- -v: .... . i . .- Vv ..... ' V; , ' . . ; ' ' ' .-r " ' " - . A. v--.. , . v.v;-J : Wtjjley Fowell's Bowknot Bond ;rir..?.:io jeop trip from Moab. Dr. M:;-je and family view the fa-i fa-i bend of the- Given river from -g Canyon Toint. Water in fore- iwknot Bend: Two Hours by Jeep iom Moab is Good Family Funspot By Dick Wilson b.n two jeoping i-om Moab is t'ie Bowkr.ot Eer.d !o-:-. :hj Green river. is another one vor.ders cf nature ;ik the Moab coun-xpu'.ar. coun-xpu'.ar. This featur? i;;cr:bod anj named John Wesley whose e.vpeiition h3 was the first ' passc-d through the length cf the Green . ":'::ado rivers. Arse a warm Sep-day Sep-day to visit Green ; "fig-are eight" f. .r -: what the river ai-re:fj.T.s ai-re:fj.T.s at Bowknot Da:l JIajc-e, v:fj iron rede in their -A I on my two-i two-i -T.our.tain goat of e- Eat as there wcie "-";e'y rough area rjJ'e I didn't mak; ;eeond r.vitchover - geiring which is ''e remarkable fea- the new Honda "".ore wore a few ,..."a;:-es which had f.ooded where Dr. ' f urd it necessary , -. few wheel drive, "i? our rojte seem-relatively seem-relatively easy ;re-'al'y suitable for : y outing. traveled by highway Seven :.i;ie yaT.: west eight miles ; Dead Horse Point - S!?n liere points to Canyon anj Du- A mile-and-a-the dirt ro;.'d ground is flowing to the left; that in background (same river nine miles downstream) is flowing toward observers. ob-servers. (T-I Staff Photo) V we came to a fork and our choice for the d.w was to the right. Route to the Bottom The route usually taken to Gov. knot Rend is to the left which descends in another an-other ten miles by switchbacks switch-backs into Spring Canyon. We took the high roed which kept us on tiie sagebrush sage-brush covered Kartle'.'-F'at Kartle'.'-F'at leading to Dub-inky Weil. Our route took us by the Needles not to be confused with the Needles Need-les southeast of the Con-fkier.ee Con-fkier.ee in Canyonlands Xational Pa-k. These particular par-ticular Xird'.r:. north of Eartle't Flat, are in no way similar to the Xeedles ( f the p !!. Ins!eud. they are c.'aisiiicrably blunted and it's hard to imagine h..v they eat their name. Gr-.ing r..oun.i the edge of t Xtedies reminded r.te i.,f ?I...-.ai.i,it Valley's h'llity form I'ion Immed-i Immed-i a'flv :- caraf into vi'W cf San Rafael Swell, 30 miles to the r.'.'ihwe . t, ck-pr..-ing its i-inny teeth to us as thorgh waiting for a dentist's inspection. Dr. ?I;:ge; cblig-.'d. Ilnd cf the Point 41 miles .and two hours of traveling brought us to the :id of Spring Canyon Point. A short walk was necessary to got the best view. The seen? is so enormous enor-mous that it's not all understood un-derstood in a moment. We studied and stared. Bowknot Bend is the re-su't re-su't of a giant meander of " a the Green river. According to latest geological findings, find-ings, meandering takes place only in soft, level sediments. The meandering meander-ing probably established itself when this region was still like a swamp. Major Powell was intrigued in-trigued with the "exquisite "exquis-ite charm" of floating the course of the Bowknot. His journal tells of the rive turning first to the rig'ht making a circuit to the left, then again to the right and once more to the left almost a figure fig-ure eight. Fourteen Miles Powell measured the length of the figure as fourteen miles. Especially is the lower loop impressive impres-sive from Spring Canyon Point. Far beneath the water flows to the left then out of sight it makes a circuit to the right and comes into view flowing dh'cctly toward the observer. observ-er. Only GOO yards separate separ-ate the two portions of the same river one of the portions, however, is nine miles further downstream. down-stream. Labyrinth Canyon is what Powell named the twi ting gorge and it's quite fitting. The road which descends des-cends the switchbacks into Spring Canyon can be seen far below on the banks of the Green. Following this road would bring a jeeping party to the downstairs down-stairs views of the Bow-knot. Bow-knot. The road follows the outside circumference of Bowknot Bend and ends at I ley Joe Mine. So this account goes to prove that in whatever direction di-rection one takes from Moab there are surprises surpris-es in abundance. Spring Canyon Point and its overlook over-look of Bowknot Bend is a special treat for folks whose pressures have them tied in knots! |
