2017 trip: Page, Arizona

The ride from Flagstaff to Page was beautiful, everywhere you looked you saw the magnificent rock formations. The colors ranged from a dark pink to light and dark terra cotta. At times we were pretty close to the rocks. We're stay at the Wahweap Campground we have the view of the lake from our front window.

Thursday we were scheduled to take the Canyon Adventure tour but when we got there they had canceled because the boat wasn’t running. They refunded our money and offered us another tour for 50%off, couldn’t pass up that deal so we went on the Antelope Canyon cruise. The canyon was beautiful. We took a ton of pictures but we’ll only post a few since it takes so long to upload them. We met people from all over the world! Last night after we ate we decided to walk to the beach, didn't seem far and the wind was behind us, well coming back the wind was slowing us down and it was all up hill!! It didn't seem like much of a hill at the time! The back of my legs were killing me, oh well by the end of this trip I'll be in great shape!

The City of Page is one of the youngest communities in the United States. It is located in North-eastern Arizona. The town began in 1957 as a housing camp for workers building the Glen Canyon Dam.

The enormous task of building the Glen Canyon Dam began in 1956 and was completed in 1963 as part of the U.S. Congress’s authorization to the Bureau of Reclamation to build a dam on the Colorado River. This massive project was undertaken during a time of great controversy over the future of America's western water resources and wilderness areas. The 700-foot wall of concrete was erected with almost ten million tons of concrete and seven years of extraordinary effort. It took 17 years for Lake Powell to reach "full pool."

Lake Powell is named for John Wesley Powell, a colourful, one-armed explorer and Civil War veteran who led nine companions on the first scientific expedition of the Colorado River in 1869. Powell and his men embarked on a remarkable journey that covered almost 1,000 miles through the uncharted canyons and wild rapids of the Colorado River. This expedition, followed by a second one in 1871 which produced the first maps of the region, changed the future of the American West forever.

Upper Antelope Canyon Tour

Named for the pronghorn antelopes that roamed the canyon in ancient times, the Navajo name is Tsé bighánílíní, “the place where water runs through rocks”. Formed by millennia of water and wind erosion of the Navajo sandstone, Upper Antelope Canyon is famous for its delicate sandstone striations and phenomenal colors and lighting variations, especially during the summer months when light beams flood the canyon floor. Upper Antelope Canyon lead us through a fantasy world of impossible curves and fascinating beauty.

Tomorrow we leave for Bryce Canyon.