Week 895-897 - Page Arizona - 10-22-2023

Page Arizona

The MotherShip has landed at Palm Creek Resort in Casa Grande, Arizona.

[Editor's Note: Our "weekly" travelogues are driven by the photos we take. As we will be stationary for seven months, our supply of new photos will be diminished. Thus, our travelogues will be less frequent, probably monthly.]

A week before landing, we stayed in Page, Arizona, home of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Page is a quaint town of 7,247 folks as of 2010 census. We stayed at the Elks Lodge in the middle of the town. Approaching the Elks on South Lake Powell Blvd, you pass not one but 9 churches in a row. Apparently, Page has a few believers!

The Glen Canyon Dam was completed in 1966. The dam created Lake Powell, which is almost entirely in Utah. Water began to accumulate in 1963, and took 17 years to fill the lake. The lake is the second largest reservoir in the USA, second only to Lake Mead (created by the Hoover Dam). Page, Arizona did not exist until the dam construction began in 1956.

The Glen Canyon Dam Overlook is a short but very worthwhile hike. It is Mandy approved.

The railings help you down the sandstone pathways.

The sandstone carvings are beautiful. We have seen every kind of landscaping across North America, and rock formations are some our favorites.

Mandy had lots of fun finding different ways to reach us.

From the overlook, you see the dam in one direction, and opposite, the Colorado River heading into Arizona.

1) The specs you see in the last river photo are boaters and kayakers.
2) The trail leading back to the parking area.

Of our 18,823 posted photos, less than a dozen are not ours. But, as we rarely go out at night, we wanted you to see this photo from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The bridge over the Colorado River takes you to the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

The Wahweap Marina is home to a gaggle of house boats. House boating on Lake Powell is something we have always heard about.

The marina is a far distance from the largest lake area.

But the trip through the channels is gorgeous.

The lake has hundreds of little coves for boaters to moor for the day or night.

This is Wahweap Bay which is about all the lake you can see from your car. The remainder of the lake is only accessible by boat.

This is a view of the dam from Wahweap Bay as it backs up the waters of the lake.

Before heading back to the dam visitor's center, we noticed this boat. Upon closer inspection (driving past the Authorized Personnel Only sign) we determined that someone likes living a boat. Just not one that is floating on water.

The remaining photos were taken from the visitor center. The Hwy 89 bridge leading to Page.

The 710 foot tall concrete arch dam. It is only 16 feet short of Hoover Dam's 726 feet (highest in the nation).

Lake Powell as backed up by the dam looking toward Wahweap Bay.

We hope you enjoyed this travelogue and we'll see you next month.

With love, Pete, Ellen and Mandy

Photos from September 2023