Roadside Curiosity

View from the window of balancing rocks

Along the section of Highway 89A that runs at the base of the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, is a little geographical oddity. Large boulders, that presumably rolled down the cliffs years ago, stand balanced on weathered pillars that have eroded from underneath the massive rocks. Nestled among the boulders, and built against them, are the remains of a small house built of the local rock. According to the story at the site, the house was built by Blanche Russell after her car broke down along the road in the 1920s, and she decided she loved the area.