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 March 22, 2026 Its been over a week since I worked on this blog, so here we go.  We headed out from Big Water (always the start of our adventures) into the valley and on to Crosby Canyon to Lake Powell. We thought we would spend the day just sitting looking at the lake. Diane brought her tablet along and read a book and I used my metal detector to search for treasures. The only thing I found was a metal tent stake but it was a chance to get some exercise. We spent about 4 hours by the water, had lunch and just enjoyed the lake. Buddy laid in the shade of our awning as there were sand spurs everywhere.  I did have to pull a number of them from his feet.   The Island to the right in the picture was not visible last year.   We went to the Antelope Point Marina Restaurant for lunch this past week and were amazed at how low the Marina and Restaurant sat in the water compared to last year. Like I said earlier the water level dropped 36 feet from last year. ...
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 March 12, 2026 It been a while since I added to our blog so here is a recap of some of what we have been up to.  Last week we hiked several trails around Page, AZ. There is a scenic view area of the Glen Canyon Dam so we hiked to the area. At least there was a railing along the rock stairs to the viewing area.     We next hiked the Hanging Garden Trail, just 1.5 miles. It was an easy walk around a mountain located close to the Dam. We weren't sure why it was called Hanging Garden until we reached the end of the trail. There was green ferns hanging inside the cave-like cutout in the mountain. Yesterday we spent about 3 hours in the desert and mountains overlooking Lake Powell. At the 25 mile mark we were on top of a plateau. We passed a number of teenagers that were camping on one of the points. We passed them and continued on up the plateau. We stopped a bit back from the edge as we had Buddy along and did not want him wandering around.  There is a little ...
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 March 4, 2026 We have been in Page, AZ for a few days now. Took a drive yesterday to Lone Rock National Park. The Park  has huge beaches on Lake Powell. From were we parked the Jeep it took Diane about 7 minutes to walk to the edge of the beach. There were several campers parked on the beach boon docking. It is a beautiful area but the water level has gone down 32 to 36 feet since last year. I have attached a picture from 2025 and from yesterday . March 2025 March 2026   Since 2017 Lake Powell has dropped by 98 feet and is actually operating at about 25% to 30% of its capacity or 148 feet below full capacity.  Here are some more pictures of the area.  What is nice about this park is that they have an Off Road area that goes up and down some steep hills and through the sand. We had to try it this year as we did not last year. Diane had to get out several times as we crested the top of a hill to see which direction I should turn my tires as I could not see anythi...
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 February, 28, 2026 We have  been here in Gallup, NM for a week now. Beautiful weather close to 70 each day with lows in the lower 30's. We have not had any neighbors on either side of us the entire week which makes it handy for parking and working around the rig. Early in the week we headed out to Canyon de Chelly (pronounced d'Shay). It was 1 hour and 40 minutes from the campground and we did not know what to expect other than it was a National Monument. We stopped at the visitors center to get my National Parks Passport stamped. Hard to find a spot as most of my pages for this area of the states is filled. But I managed to find enough room. Its a 12 mile trip through the park with stops along the way to view the majestic scenery. Inside the canyon there is a free standing spire that is 800 feet tall. People have lived in this canyon continuously for 5000 years. We talked to one of the natives and his wife, who makes beautiful painting on canvas and stone. And yes we did buy...
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