Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Made it to Page

We had a busy last day of the trip--slept in, ran errands, bought some delicious Colorado peaches and apricots. We stopped at Mesa Verde National Park long enough to figure out that you really need to spend a weekend there. Then we drove the remaining miles through desert in the Four Corners region.
The last hour driving into Page was really neat--broad shelves of rock gently dipping, hoo doos and other interesting rock formations. It is mostly red rocks here, and mostly sandstones. The rock units are very thick (20-200m). Lake Powell is quite a contrast, with pretty blue-green water and lots of boats. At night it gets very dark. You could use a flashlight walking to the recycle bin near my new trailer home (where I have my own bedroom and share a kitchen, living room, laundry, etc.). At night you could be in any other area of the country, rather than surrounded by jaw-dropping red rock, interesting from every angle.

Page has a Safeway, Walmart, library, and other shops. All the restaurants we've eaten at so far have been great--Mexican, Italian, Japanese with fresh veggies etc. That's my first impressions anyway, more later.

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