Lake Powell, AZ/UT

Our next stop was Lake Powell. It is situated between Utah and Arizona which made it a perfect stop between our final destination to Mt Carmel, UT. It is America's second largest artificial reservoir and is part of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  The lake was formed by Glen Canyon Dam which was completed in 1963 and rises 710 feet above the Colorado River. Lake Powell took 17 years to fill, reaching it's full capacity in 1980.

You'll have to excuse the quality of the photos below, but we got to Lake Powell with 2 flat phones and one very flat camera battery. Our only choice was to take photos on our tablet (we looked so lame).

There really isn't much to say about this place other than it's beautiful. We went on a 3hr boat tour along the river and cruised through the surrounding canyons. The main spots along the tour was the Glen Canyon Dam and Antelope Point.

Our photos really don't do this place justice. You should definitely check out the google image search of this place to see how beautiful it actually is.

Glen Canyon Dam

Antelope Point, Lake Powell

Michael, at Lake Powell

Lake Powell

Grand Canyon, AZ

We packed up our belongings and headed for Arizona, "the Grand Canyon State."

For those of you who have not been to the Grand Canyon, I will start with some 'fun facts' that may help you try and visualize the canyon:

• The Grand Canyon is 447km's in length
• At the widest point, it stretches 29km across; at the narrowest, only 6.4km
•  The Grand Canyon is approximately 1.8km's deep
• The rock found at the bottom of the canyon is about 2 million years old, compared to the rock on the upper rim which is said to be 230 millions years old.
• Despite the Grand Canyon not being the longest, widest not deepest canyon, it attracts 5 million tourists each year. 

We headed to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon which is where most tourists flock to. Since the Grand Canyon is so...'Grand,' shuttle buses service the south rim of the canyon which allows tourists to hop on and off at certain viewing points. You can also walk along the rim of the canyon between the viewing points which we mostly did. We decided to head down one of the hikes that takes you into the canyon and the views were amazing. I can't actually describe them, so here are a few photos. We were in the Canyon for sunset too. It was a little cloudy and photos didn't quite capture how beautiful it was, but enjoy these photos of us and the canyon. We also encountered some Elks and squirrels on our journey. They were adorable!

Spot the Strelan...

It was a hard walk up.

Colorado River through the Canyon