Water and Cliffs of Az..

After our first restless night of camping in the back of the van we left Jacobs Lake and drove South to the first big stop of the day, the North Rim. It was my fist visit to the actual Grand Canyon and it was fun to hike the trails. Leta insisted on hiking the majority of the first trail so by the second trail she crashed in daddy's arms. After we conquered the trails we headed back to van for some much deserved lunch before hitting the road.
Next stop...Page Az. We drove down through Lee's ferry and "enjoyed" passing all the Indian booths along the way which I quickly realized all possessed "authentic" items that where identical to the last stop, humm interesting.

By the time we reached Page I had come to the conclusion that this was the most barren land I have seen, making for a looooong drive. We got there in time to book a tour for the next day to Antelope Canyon and they informed us of Horseshoe Bend to check out. So after dinner we headed to check it out for ourselves. While it was gorgeous the hike was miserable it was quarter mile of sand dunes that covered your feet making for slow progress and all Leta wanted was to sit and play in the sand. She hated the heat as much as I did! Once there she looked down and saw the water and screamed when mommy wouldn't let her leap off the cliff to the water.

We soon also learned something else about Page. There hotels and motels are made of Gold and cost you an arm and leg to stay there so we settled on the conclusion that we would spend another joyful night in the van. Which now brought up the question of where?! Remember this is barren land no place to privately camp. Which resorted to paying the money to camp at Lake Powell. We unloaded the van and got ready for the night then took a walk in the water, which Leta was not impressed with. Luckily we survived another night in van and enjoyed a swim in the Lake. And best of all we made use of the outdoor showers and cleaned up. ( the perks of camping in your vehicle!) And headed to our Tour...