Natural Bridges National Monument

now i'm the rock hopper and i'm the one who likes to bring you travel exploration and fun i said goodbye to lake powell and all the midges and now i'm taking you to a place called natural bridges let's take a hike and get up close and personal with the supapu bridge come on well look at that we got steps here on down we have a little railing here and then it comes to a ladder yep you've got to climb down this ladder down some more little steps here i'll tell you what this little bit of shade underneath this rock here is a welcome relief it's probably about 95 degrees and when the wind is blowing like 20 miles an hour it's like a convection oven out here in this june day here's a look at the bridge from above i don't know if you can see those people down in there that should give you an idea of the scale the size of this bridge it's pretty big getting closer see those people right down there more railing and another ladder here it is there's a tiny bit of water down here with a lot of water striders trying to make two with what they've got [Music] the bridges have hopi names sepa means something akin to entryway there's more beauty here than just the natural bridges [Music] now we're on a different trail this time one that takes us to the horse collar ruins overlook [Music] off to the next trail now we're on a trail heading toward kachina bridge nice steps there this soil is known as cryptobiotic crust this trail has carved in steps and a little ladder too going down the kachina trail looks like a big pour off right there [Music] there it is kachina bridge [Music] i just found an assortment of petroglyphs [Music] is this a good place to just chill this guy thinks so looking back on kachina bridge it's almost hidden from here we're going down to the last bridge ochomo well that didn't take long to reach a view from the other side [Music] [Music] it's quite amazing that there are three very large natural bridges within such a close proximity of each other i hope you enjoyed exploring natural bridges national monument with me don't forget to subscribe and hit that notification bell so you can be informed every time i upload a new video and don't forget you can support me directly through patreon.com until next time this is rockhopper yeah i'll see ya [Music] [Music] here