Return to Lake PowellReturn to Lake Powell
My first trip through southern Utah, I had not planned to visit Lake
Powell, which is the artificial lake in the Colorado River formed by
Glen Canyon Dam.
Lake Powell is "just" a national recreation area, while Utah is chock-a-block
with full-scale national monuments and parks. However, leaving the Grand
Canyon, it seemed that one could avoid retracing certain roads with somewhat
of a detour to Lake Powell.
When I arrived, I photographed an absolutely glorious sunset light on Lake
Powell resulting in one of my favourite
panoramas. I swore I would come back. I was scheduled to go to
Phoenix the next month, so I arranged to drive up and do a drive
visiting the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, rent a motorboat to spend a
day on Lake Powell, visit Antelope Canyon and zoom through the famous
Monument Valley.
On Lake Powell, which is mostly in Utah but dips into Arizona, we boated
to visit Rainbow Bridge National Monument, the world's largest (by
some definitions) natural stone arch.
The trip continued with a rush trip back through Painted Desert National
Park which I had visited before but Kathryn had not, and then back into
Phoenix for the return.
