We packed up and got on the road towards our next home away from home. Somehow we managed to get all our luggage, coolers of food, and us all into the van.
We stopped at the visitors center at Glen Canyon dam at Lake Powell, near the start of the Grand Canyon River.
Roddy gave the guide instructions on how a slide rule works, which was on display with other tools used to build the dam.
We stopped at the visitors center at Glen Canyon dam at Lake Powell, near the start of the Grand Canyon River.
We then continued through Page AZ to the Navajo reservation for a guided tour of the as Lower Antelope Canyon. Our reservations for the tour were at 12:15,, but we weren't sure how much time we had to allow to get there. Utah (where we left this morning) is on Mountain daylight time and Arizona is on Mountain standard time; the Navajo reservation, inside Arizona, is on Mountain daylight time. It turns out we arrived just on time, but the tours were running late. Fortunately we had lunch makings in the cooler.
Sheila, our tour guide, is a Navajo, a sophomore in college. The swirls on the canyon walls were made by flash floods which frequently filled the canyon. The number of people allowed in the Canyon at at one time is strictly controlled, and we had to wait in line until some of the previous tours returned before we could continue our descent. We were cautioned to go down the steep steps backwards.
We followed the path through the canyon, occasionally seeing sky above us. During a flash flood, this can be completely filled with water.
From Lower Antelope Canyon, we headed on toward Hoover Dam. We wandered around the visitors center and took a tour of the inside of the dam where the generators could be seen. The security was almost like at an airport, which was rather reassuring.
On our drive to the house in Williams, AZ, we stopped at the Grand Canyon South Rim. The scenery changed as we approached the Park.
Our first stop was the Watchtower, a building designed by Mary Colter and built in 1932.
On the road leaving the Canyon, we could see part of it from the surface.
From Lower Antelope Canyon, we headed on toward Hoover Dam. We wandered around the visitors center and took a tour of the inside of the dam where the generators could be seen. The security was almost like at an airport, which was rather reassuring.
On our drive to the house in Williams, AZ, we stopped at the Grand Canyon South Rim. The scenery changed as we approached the Park.
We headed off to our house. Thank goodness for GPS and directions, or it would have been almost impossible to find. We got settled in just at sunset.
What a great trip!! Glad you had a day to relax! We're already wishing we had one!! I hope to catch up tonight!
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