Saskia and Richard's RVing Adventures

Continuing cold weather in the north was the main reason we decided our one day stop in Page had to be extended to four. We managed to book the campsite at Glen Canyon National Park's Wahweap Resort on the edge of Lake Powell, which looked as though it was rather upmarket.  I had heard Lake Powell was a reservoir formed as the result of building Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado river. Having just seen Theodore Roosevelt reservoir, a rather uninspiring piece of water, gave me totally the wrong impression. Yes, even I who pride myself on an open mind, have preconceptions! So I was completely unprepared for the singular beauty of the dramatic rock formations and their changing colors during the day, set off against the changing blue's and grey's of the man made lake. Even Glen Canyon Dam was spectacular, and we signed up for a free tour. I never knew the Colorado River is such a life-giving source of water to the states of Wyoming, Colorado, ...

So we picked up our new fifth wheel from the dealer, with some issues fixed and some still to be rectified in July, (when we will be back at Indian Skies RV Resort for a month). After a quick load of essentials and some creative packing, we headed out on our 2 week road-trip which would get us to Idaho in time for our next camp-hosting job. Our first stop heading generally in a northerly direction, was at Tonto National Monument. We have a lifetime pass for National Parks (including National Monuments) in the USA, so any visit to either is free of charge. I have previously written about our visits to sites of the Ancient Ones , and I wanted to see how their culture differed to that of the Salado people who settled in pit houses and cliff dwellings in the Tonto Basin area of Arizona at about the same time as the Ancient Puebloan people. Of the two hundred once thriving communities in this area, we visited only one. Combining a three mile round trip hike with a guid...