A couple weekends ago my boyfriend and I had the opportunity to drive from the Phoenix metro area up toward Payson, Ariz. The town is very small, cozy and looks a lot like what you would expect of an old western town in the desert. However, Payson wasn't our main destination. What we had really come to see was a few more miles up the road -- the Tonto Natural Bridge, which is the world's largest natural bridge at 183 feet tall and 400 feet long.
Above: First we hiked "width-wise" across a section of the bridge. This photo looks down, into the canyon under the bridge, and you can see a man-made bridge for hikers.
Above: Here you are still on the bridge, looking down into the canyon and into the tunnel beneath the bridge. If you click on the photo, it will enlarge and you can see some of the water (a mini waterfall!) falling off the bridge's edge and into the canyon.
Above: Next, we hiked down to the area below the bridge and into the tunnel.
Above: Beneath the bridge are pools of water and very interesting, colored, sometimes surprisingly smooth rocks.
Above: This is the view you would have if you were standing directly below the bridge's center and looking out of the tunnel. If you click on this photo you may be able to see the hikers' bridge.
Above: The "ceiling of the tunnel" or the "underbelly of the bridge," whichever you want to call it.
Above: Rocks near a pool under the bridge.All photos by Sway Sovay
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