Near the end of the White Rim, I hiked to Fort Bottom, in the middle of a meander of the Green River.
 
 
1. Remains the “cabin” on a river bank. It is almost 200 years old and housed tuberculosis patients who were sent here to end their days…
 

 
 
2. Build details.
 

 
 
3. On the hill in the middle of one meander of the river, there is this double round tower.
 

 
 
4. Here it’s it closer. This is an Indian building dating back to about 1200. We do not know its function.
 

 
 
5. I sneaks myself inside, being careful not to shake the fragile ruins.
 

 
 
6. The floor of the main tower don’t exist anymore…
 

 
 
7. While I go back to VivaLaVida, curious clouds catch me up.
 

 
 
8. But I get some nice light over the river.
 

 
 
9. Fred, we need your geologist knowledge! 😉 In some areas, there were many stones like this, with a slightly chalky appearance on the outside but inside glassy, that really made me think of red flint including white crystals in zones, almost translucent sometimes. Do you know what it is?
 

 
 
10. Amazing atmosphere of the surrounding cliffs. But no drop will reach the ground…
 

 
 
11. Vivalavida coming out of the White Rim trail the next day by a gray sky, with a final passage a little “tricky” for her size.
 

 
 
I then went to sleep to Hurrah Pass I reached at night, to go to discover a Colorado viewpoint in the morning.
 
 
12. Unbelievable! At dawn, he was there, the famous troll I had already thought to glimpse, sitting cross-legged and watching his top spining…! 😀
 

 
 
13. A quite hard path of the trail with a nice step.
 

 
 
14. It’s quite high, isn’t it!
 

 
 
15. But nothing to stop VLV which is already on the next one!
 

 
 
16. The viewpoint was gorgious…
 

 
 
17. … on both sides.
 

 
 
18. Him, it is probably not a troll, but he seemed to look VLV passing, as a kind of alien looking an insect ahead… 😉
 

 
 
That’s it for today. More to come soon…