Today we went south to the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell near Page, AZ with the Wittenbergs, Wagners and Mertz. We took a 45-minute tour of the Dam, which was very informative. We met a young couple (in their 20s) from Israel that were on our tour and got to talk to them about their country and how they liked ours. Very interesting! We had lunch at the Pizza Hut in Page and then drove down to one of the marinas and campgrounds at Lake Powell. What a beautiful lake! Of course, today ended with Happy Hour and then a campfire with "Discovery" friends.
Bridge across the chasm that goes into Page, AZ.
View of the dam and part of the visitor center. We had to go thru security like going on an airplane except we couldn't take any purses inside. They had very sensitive metal detectors and several of us had to be gone over with a wand.
Here's a picture of the Visitor Center, which is built out over the dam for better viewing.
Here's one of the cement buckets that they used to make the dam and our very informative tour guide, Rachel.
Here are the turbine generators that make the electricity.
And here's a picture of beautiful Lake Powell. We saw many houseboats and power boats on the lake. There is a beautiful campground there too by one of the marinas.
www.lakepowell.com/ Lake Powell
www.desertusa.com/gc/gcd/du_glencaydam.html Glen Canyon Dam
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