Movin' East - Day 55

Tuesday, October 28, Day 55 - beautiful Lake Powell at Page, Arizona. As the photo, above, shows, this is truly a beautiful, majestic lake. "Impounded behind the Bureau of Reclamation's Glen Canyon Dam, waters of the Colorado River and tributaries are backed up about 185 miles, forming Lake Powell." The only unfortunate thing about being here is that we can only see a very small portion of this lake. The only way to truly explore the wonders of Lake Powell is by boat, since there are no roads which completely surround the area. We happened to visit the area during the "off season", so we were unable to take a boat tour. Of course, the tours only give you a small taste of the beauty of this area, since they only last four hours (1/2 day tour), or over 8 hours on the all-day tour. Since the lake stretches 185 miles between Arizona and Utah, with many smaller "fingers" protruding into the landscape all along the way, it would take many weeks by boat to truly explore the whole area. That is why houseboat rentals here are so popular. Just in the area we are in, alone, there must be about one thousand houseboats available to rent, ranging in size from small boats to huge "mansions on water". Be sure to view the web album for more pictures of the lake and surrounding sights.

Tomorrow, we will be heading south, and west, to the north rim of the Grand Canyon for our first look. We hope to have some pictures of the Canyon from the North Rim for you in the next web album. Until then....

Here's the link to today's web album:

http://picasaweb.google.com/cbenoitiii/TheTripDay55LakePowellAZ?authkey=mq_cgj5Cc-8#