Page, Utah
Page was a missed opportunity. There is so much to do there but we followed an itinerary put out by Utah National Parks. We went to a few overlooks and toured the Glenn Canyon Dam for our one afternoon and evening in Page. We had planned on taking a rafting trip on the Colorado that left from the dam, but an avalanche on the main highway between the Grand Canyon and Page had closed the road indefinitely. Normally, the rafting trip is one way and the rafts and people are loaded on trips for their return, but due to the road closure we couldn't raft there. Boat trips on Lake Powell with trips to Rainbow Bridge, and cross desert vehicles that take one to Native American caverns with unbelievable colors in the walls were just two of the many things we missed. We will hopefully get back there some day.
Glenn Canyon Dam
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| View from visitor center of Glenn Canyon Dam and Lake Powell |
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| Glenn Canyon Dam is the second largest in the USA |
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| Glenn Canyon bridge that we crossed to reach the visitor center. A rafting business and parking lot is seen below in Glenn Canyon on the Colorado River. |
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| A cable system across the lake alerts that flood stage has been reached and water needs to be released quickly into the river. |
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| Glenn Canyon Bridge |
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| View of Glenn Canyon Bridge and Colorado River from top of dam. |
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| The turbines |
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| The turbines |
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| looking upward from the level of the river knowing there is a lot of water on the other side of that wall. |
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