Lake Powell - late afternoon

Well, as equally impressive as the Grand Canyon was Lake Powell. Lake Powell is an artificial lake created by damming up the Colorado River. It relies on the snow melting in the Rockies in order to fill it. Apparently the snow hasn't been plentiful as in the past. They told us the water was some 150 feet lower than the preferred level.

Anyway, that made the lake all the more alluring to us, as we could cruise up narrow valleys and see tall cliffs loom above us. We enjoyed exploring, and beachcombing everywhere we went that day. Robert even took an opportunity to scale a 70 foot outcropping. With some luck we'll post a representative picture here. I think we will be sure to return -- perhaps even rent out a house-boat for a few days.