May 31,
Wednesday
Leave camp
and head north back into the Grand Canyon Park, there is a bit of a delay as vehicles
slow to look at the huge elk on the road side.
We head east to check out Desert
View, Grand Canyon and stop to again be awed by the amazing sights.
We travel
through all sorts of different terraine, from Ponderosa Pine forests, to
technicolour canyons and arid desert.
 |
| Ooh, looks a bit skinny! |
We did plan
to go to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon but the road which would take us
there has severe switchbacks so we decide to go on to Page AZ. Happily there is a McD’s there and we need
some WIFI so there we go!
Just across
the State Line to Utah we get to the primitive camp we sussed out on Lake
Powell but find we need a camp pass plus $14/night camp fee and yadda yadda yadda we cough up the
$64.00 for an annual park pass which enables us to visit any National Park or
Federal Recreation Land in the whole of the USA so actually very good value.
We arrive at Lone Rock - it’s a beach and the tracks down to the lake are sand (RV’s
are warned against possible soft sand) but we have a recce and decide we will
be OK so make our way down to the lake shore. It’s very busy with campers and
day trippers but we find a flat spot overlooking the lake and set up camp. It is beautiful, about 29C, with a slight
breeze which is just enough to cool us in the shade. We sit on the beach for a while and make
friends with our new neighbours and their dog.
We learn about Verizon vs AT&T, a new app called Campendium for
finding off the main track camp sites, and take in an amazing sunset and we are
good for the night. The stars are brilliant too, just like in the
Sounds, but the sky just seems bigger here.
 |
| Nearly sunset, very calm |
 |
| Lone Rock on Lake Powell |
No comments:
Post a Comment