Day 27-29 ~ Page, Arizona

On Monday we left Monument Valley, Utah, and headed to Page, Arizona, on Lake Powell. On the way we stopped at the Navajo National Monument. After stopping at the overlook, we watched an interesting film at the visitor's center. We then took a 1 mile trail to an alcove and dwelling site of some Anasazi. We continued to our RV park at Glen Canyon National Park where we have a nice view of Lake Powell.

Tuesday we met at 6:45 a.m. for a five hour boat trip to Rainbow Bridge on Lake Powell. The night before we had quite a rain storm and very high winds. During the boat trip we could see rain clouds and lightening around us but by the return trip we had beautiful sunny skies.

The scenery on the trip was beautiful. The white on the canyon walls is from calcium deposits at the high water mark (the lake is 75 feet below full). The last time the lake was at capacity was 1983-1984.

After we docked the boat in a narrow canyon, we took an easy walk to Rainbow Bridge. This is a natural bridge, different from an arch since it has water running under it.

Today we went to the Lake Powell Lodge for breakfast then headed to Glen Canyon Dam for a tour. The dam is 25 feet thick at the top and 300 feet at the base.

This afternoon we took another open truck trip to Antelope Slot Canyon. It is impossible to imagine the millions of years of water wear that caused this amazing geologic feature. These picture are taking looking up from the floor of the slot canyon.

Here is the outline of a bear.

Do you see the heart?

After a long day we had a beautiful sunset.