I've always had a difficult time even thinking of Lake Powell, but after spending nearly a week in Page, AZ, I got used to it and enjoyed looking at the remaining visible rock formations. This is "Castle Rock" near Wahweep. We stayed out at Wahweep campground, about 5 km from Page, for 3 nights and I loved watching the light on the lake and the rock. It's an okay place to visit in March when it's not busy. It's impossible to take a picture without all the houseboats in the photo, but I only ever saw ONE active boat on the water during our 4 days there. I guess I'd have to say I'm somewhat resigned to Lake Powell, partly through the help of one Gary Ladd who wrote a book called
Lake Powell Unchained that I discovered in the Page Library. As he states, there would have been infrastructure built without the dam, although it's obvious the dam changed the environment more than a few roads and trails. It does have a kind of beauty but that "bathtub ring" is always visible. The things humans have done to the Colorado!
I've always had a difficult time even thinking of Lake Powell, but after spending nearly a week in Page, AZ, I got used to it and enjoyed looking at the remaining visible rock formations. This is "Castle Rock" near Wahweep. We stayed out at Wahweep campground, about 5 km from Page, for 3 nights and I loved watching the light on the lake and the rock. It's an okay place to visit in March when it's not busy. It's impossible to take a picture without all the houseboats in the photo, but I only ever saw ONE active boat on the water during our 4 days there. I guess I'd have to say I'm somewhat resigned to Lake Powell, partly through the help of one Gary Ladd who wrote a book called Lake Powell Unchained that I discovered in the Page Library. As he states, there would have been infrastructure built without the dam, although it's obvious the dam changed the environment more than a few roads and trails. It does have a kind of beauty but that "bathtub ring" is always visible. The things humans have done to the Colorado!
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