Pipe Spring National Monument, Arizona

Pipe Spring National Monument is located in Arizona and is rich with American Indian, early explorer, and Mormon pioneer history. The water of Pipe Spring has made it possible for plants, animals, and people to live in this dry desert region. Ancestral Puebloans and Kaibab Paiute Indians gathered grass seeds, hunted animals, and raised crops near the springs for at least 1,000 years. Pipe Springs was discovered and named by the 1858 Latter-day Saint missionary expedition to the Hopi mesas led by Jaco Hamblin. In the 1860s Mormon pioneers from St. George, Utah, led by James M. Whitmore brought cattle to the area and a large cattle ranching operation was established.

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Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Utah

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park is located in Utah between Mount Carmel Junction and Kanab, Utah. The park features coral-hued sand dunes located beside red sandstone cliffs. The Dunes are formed from the erosion of pink-colored Navajo Sandstone surrounding the park. High winds passing through the notch between the Moquith and Moccasin mountains pick up loose sand particles and then drop them onto the dunes because of the Venturi effect. The Dunes are estimated to be between 10,000 and 15,000 years old.

And it snowed again....

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Toadstools Hoodoos... Say what?

We hiked out to see some Toadstool Hoodoos in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument BLM. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument stretches across south-central Utah, covering nearly two million acres. The Toadstool Hoodoos are found just west of Big Water UT.

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Horseshoe Bend, Page Arizona

Horseshoe Bend is the name for a horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River located near Page AZ. The overlook is 4,200 feet above sea level and the Colorado River is at 3,200 feet above sea level making it a breathtaking 1,000 foot drop! The bend is locally known as "King Bend." It is located slightly downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam.

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Lone Rock Beach, Lake Powell Utah

We came across a cool place to camp at Lake Powell. We used this as a base to do some sightseeing and hiking. Tried to do a little swimming too, but the water is still in the 40’s so that didn’t last long!

Lone Rock is also known as party beach, that reputation is based partly on the fact that Hugh Hefner shows up on occasion, playboy bunnies in tow, launching the party of the summer from his houseboat anchored off the beach in Wahweap Bay. He listed Lone Rock Beach as one of the best party beaches.

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Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona

The Glen Canyon Dam is the second largest dam on the Colorado River at Page, Arizona.
The Glen Canyon Dam is located upstream from the Grand Canyon National Park and is a 710 ft high concrete arch dam, it is 300 ft thick at the base and 1560 ft in length. It controls the water flow from the upper to the lower Colorado River drainage basins. The dam's main purpose includes generating electrical power and storing water. The dam generates an average of 451 megawatts, with the maximum capacity of 1300 megawatts. The Dam created the large reservoir called Lake Powell.

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