Imagine yourself travelling for miles in the high desert. You come upon a deep crevice and look down into the canyon and wonder: how do we get down there? Well you don't. Not here anyway.
The Colorado River carved this passageway through the canyon walls. It is called Horseshoe Bend
This is as close as I cared to get to the edge. It's a long way down. We could see boats on the water below fishing and touring.
We went on another hike to see some hoodoos someone named Toadstools. I liked the face in the rock on a hillside.
I call this Bedrock - like from the Flintstones
The next several photos show the primary reason we came to the Page area. We wanted to experience the famed Antelope Slot Canyon. We took a tour on the Navajo Indian Reservation into this colorful and magical place located in the path of a wash.
Our guide Rosie was top notch. She wore this mask because of the fine dust that swirls up from the ground and on windy days from above. Today was calm and she didn't have it on for long but giving 5 tours a day you can understand why she would wear it.
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves: Upper Antelope Canyon
Lights; Shadows; Textures; Colors
We exited, then turned around and walked back through. Just imagine the monsoon rains turning into flood waters rushing down this wash and swirling through the slot canyon
Holding the flame in the palm of our hands
Since we didn't take the overpriced Hoover Dam tour, we decided to take the Glen Canyon Dam tour. The dam is massive and our 82 yr old guide, who had been employed there as an electrical engineer, was very interesting and informative.
That's a lot of concrete. It's kind of freaky being inside knowing the pressure of all that water is right next to you. This dam was unique in that it had a lawn. Yes, that's grass being watered at the bottom just above where the water would spill over - which by the way it hasn't since 1984. That was the last time the Lake was filled to capacity. It was a heavy snow pack year and then it rained most of April and May. All the dams along the Colorado River had to release water and flooding occured down river to Mexico. Mmmmm I wonder what Parker looked like?
This particular dam creates Lake Powell which is a huge recreational lake. Our campground was within the National Park. This is our view. What a wonderful campground. The sites are huge, we rode our bikes for miles and really enjoyed our time here.
Can you tell?
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