We packed up and made our way to Page AZ. The scenery is strikingly beautiful and incredible. The layers of rock are perfectly straight in places and tilted in others. Once in a while, an outcropping of sandstone appears- one looked like a perfectly round water tank standing in the middle of a firmer lava field. Another resembling mushrooms. I was told that the winter rains this year has brought a profusion of yellow wildflowers. The Page Lake Powell Campground is quiet and surrounded by red hills. In the shade, it is quite comfortable.
Page is a much more modern and expanding city than we had pictured. It was originally a community that housed workers building the dam and has grown as tourism increased at Lake Powell, Horseshoe Bend and after Antelope Canyon opened in 1997. Social media has contributed to its recent popularity drawing 3M visitors a year. Page is also the home of two of the largest electrical generation units in the western United States.
After the sun goes lower, it cools off and evenings are lovely. We headed over to the Glen Canyon Recreation Area – Glen Canyon Dam across the Colorado River and forms Lake Powell . What a magnificent view and feat of engineering and construction. We walked across the bridge on both sides of the road, the view of the canyon on one side and high above the 710 ft high dam on the other.
This dam has an interesting history and is still a source of contention by environmentalists who want it taken down; that will never happen. Glen Canyon Dam has a 1,288,000-kilowatt capacity when fully online.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Canyon_Dam