In the midst of a stellar weekend on a houseboat at Lake Powell we visited Rainbow Bridge National Monument. It's a great day-trip if you're near Bullfrog Marina, Halls Crossing or Wahweap. Getting to Rainbow Bridge feels like most goverment maintained monuments; a well maintained hiking trail, clean(ish) restrooms, printed signs and a good boat dock. The short hike (currently 2/3 mile) leads travelers up a brief incline through towering red rock walls and into the low basin housing the natural bridge. It doesn't take more than a few minutes and you find yourself seeing the bridge in the background...a few minutes more and you're virtually underneath it.
