Lake Powell

Another road trip that twists & turns - this time to Lake Powell, which is near Page, AZ! 

We were here for 2 days and for the first time on this trip, it rained enough to interfere with one planned activity.  I guess we can't complain!  We still got to do several things - one was a boat tour on Lake Powell

The canyon walls are covered with "natural drawings" caused by wind and water. 

And the views from the boat were awesome. 

This huge lake was created by the Glen Canyon Dam & is used to store water for the use in 4 states and to ,produce electricity. 

This dam is only 16 feet shorter than the Hoover Dam.  Once they started pouring the cement they had to continuously pour every 5 minutes for the next 2 years to fill the dam. That is because wet cement will not adhere to dry cement.  Huge generators produce lots of electricity. 

We ended the day with a pizza party in a converted paddlewheel boat that had spent years on the Colorado River and Lake Powell.