February 6, 2025

We arrived at our campsite near Lake Powell on Saturday. Brand new campground connected to the marina.  Diane said it looked like a golf course with all the green artificial turf. Facing the mountains with beautiful views all around.


Boat storage below campground. Flat bottom boats up to 100 feet long and 24 foot wide. 

 On Tuesday we took a short drive into Page, AZ and on to the Carl Hayden Visitor center by Glen Canyon Dam & Bridge. Similar to the Hoover Dam it is massive. You cannot walk across the dam like at Hoover but you can walk on the bridge to get great shots and view of the dam. 

This guy is either cutting grass or scraping up the algae on the surface above the generators at the bottom of the dam. 

Glen Canyon dam


If you are standing on the bridge when a semi goes by everything shakes.

The green area, Jp\o,s in the lower middle is where the guy with the lawnmower was.

Yesterday we took a tour to Lower Antelope Canyon on the Navajo Nation Reservation. A bit expensive but well worth it. Tour is only 1 to 1.5 hours. We had 11 people in our group and from all over the world. Some from Italy, Asia, Norway, Seattle, and us from Wisconsin. Our guide, Jo, was native Navajo. You first climbed down several flight of stairs, then a ladder type staircase to get to the bottom of the canyon. In some places the path was just wide enough for one shoe and you better watch your head (ask Diane). It meandered from right to left and around the corners for maybe half mile. The sunlight was peeking into the canyon showcasing natures art. Would recommend this tour for everyone.  





Use your imagination and see the Indian chiefs head behind us.


narrow passageway

Lady with long hair facing the wind.

eagle

The Picture hangs in a Las Vegas Casino and sold for Millions of dollars according to our guide. She shot this picture for me. Its called the arch over the rocky mountains. She captured it just perfectly for me.  

Our guide, Jo, on the left.

This is our exit from below earth. 


 

Today we are RV bound and the wind is gusting up to 40 miles per hour. Overcast sky and temps in the upper 40's.

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