Lee moved from Merced, CA to Utah in 1974 to study art at Brigham Young University. In 1976, she married Joseph Bennion and moved to Spring City,  Utah.  She and Joe have three daughters together.  She earned a BFA in painting.  She has received numerous honors and awards from the art community. 

As a 15 year old girl, Lee was left home when her father and brothers went rafting down the Grand Canyon. She wasn’t happy.  She promised herself that the first chance she had to go on a rafting trip down the Grand Canyon she would go. 

With over 30 Grand Canyon trips and numerous river trips throughout the West, Lee followed through on that promise to herself.

Her love of nature, grand places and wild spaces are contagious.

Enjoy Lee.

Show Notes:

Some of Lee's Paintings

Mom's Stuff

Talking Fly Youtube Video of Lee

Spring City, Utah

Books:

1.  There’s this River by Christa Sadler

2.  Breaking into the Current: Boatwoman of the Grand Canyon by Louise Teal

3.  Sunk Without a Sound by Brad Dimock

4.  Canyon by Michael Ghiglieri

5.  Grand Obsession: Harvey Butchard  and the Exploration of Grand Canyon by 

Elisa Butler 

Tom Myers

6.  The Colorado River in the Grand Canyon: A Guide by Larry Stevens  

7.  The Doing of the Thing: the Brief Brilliant Whitewater career of Buzz Holstrom by Vince Welch, Cort Conley & Brad Dimock


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