Today, we left our luxurious room at the Grand Canyon and headed to our next stop in Hurricane, Utah. Along the way, we saw more spectacular desert scenery including what appeared to be tall, insanely craggy mountains, stretching for miles and miles along US Highway 89 south of Page, AZ. These “mountains” actually turn out to be the ragged edge of a long, high plateau - or Mesa - and it’s nearly flat on the other side. As it turns out, many mountains out West are shaped this way.

Upon reaching Page, AZ, we stopped at the Glen Canyon dam and powerhouse. After getting frisked by security as if we were boarding a plane, we enjoyed the visitor center high above the sparkling-blue Colorado river before taking an hour-long tour of the facility. The tour takes you deep into the canyon walls and then deep into the dam itself. An elevator drops over 500′ to the bottom, where you can see the power generation facility up-close. Spectacular!

From there, we traveled past slot canyons and the unbelievable Vermillion Cliffs to end up in Hurricane, UT. This is our farthest point West on the trip! Tomorrow we head into Zion National park to see what we can see. It should be a great day!

More pics, including those from the Grand Canyon, are online.