Via H89A we drove in to the Kaibab national forest (7900feet) where it was cold and snow reappeared again in the mountains. Again we experienced the rapidly changing nature and landscape, after some miles we started to descend again towards the Vermillion Cliffs and the Navajo dessert. We crossed via the Navajo bridge the Colorado river and had a brilliant view of the Grand Canyon, still a “small” cut in the landscape. On our way to Page we stopped at the Horseshoe Bend (a famous spot where the Colorado river makes a U-turn). We camped ate the Page Lake Powell campground, only 3 miles from the Lower Antilope Canyon. On Friday, after a quick drive through Page (nothing special and a bit boring) we went for our Lower Antilope Canyon hike. It is impossible to describe the canyon by words and not even by pictures. The combination of the sandstone, the way the water has cut the canyon and the changing sunlight makes the canyon to another world which you need to see with your own eyes. After this hike we passed by a car-show where we were able to see some “real” Americana cars.
Back on the campsite we received a nice treat (some fresh and cold watermelon) from Mary and Jamie, a very nice Canadian couple. We had a nice time talking to them and exchanging experiences.
On Saturday we drove towards Bryce Canyon via the Lake Powell dam, Big Water, Kanab and Glendale. A nice ride along the meadows and great views. Because the campground at Bryce was full we camped in the Dixie national Forest and went back the day after to the Sunset campground for two nights. We did several hikes in to Bruce of which the Peekaboo trail was the most magnificent. Bryce remains a place of great beauty. The first night we enjoyed a nice campfire and the second we went for the sunset and night sky in Bryce. Most interesting part of the sunset was observing the people with all their cameras searching for the sunset which obviously takes place in the west while all the people were looking to the east… Today we are 10 weeks on the road and we celebrated this event by taking the 1 million dollar highway. Although we didn’t found a penny, the views were more worth than a million dollar. We went to an altitude of more than 9000ft in the Boulder Mountains. We passed through a various landscape going from ponderosa pine to birch, Scandinavian lookalike landscape, sandstone plateaus, canyonland to end up in the desert (death valley lookalike). To reach our Duke’s campground in Hanksville we drove through the phenomenal Capital Reef National Park.
