Rock bottom

We appreciated the cooler air but unfortunately just above the Gorge some workmen were blasting away at the stone meaning the continual spray of water was mixed with a very fine dust that settled on everything: your face, camera lenses, eyes, throat. The views were unsurprisingly impressive and deep down the hole you could easily see millions of years of sediment as slate and how the ground rose and fell churning eons of Earth in constant motion. I felt like a fleeting speck of dust. The stairs back up were tough on the heart.