Lee's Ferry AZ

Lee's Ferry

is one of those places off the tourist map.

This link

  http://www.desertusa.com/colorado/leeferry/du_leeferry.  

     

 will tell you more about this area than I can.

I fell in love with the whimsical rock

formations and the history 30+ years ago.

We left Lake Powell and took a day trip to

Lee's Ferry, near Marble Canyon.

Beautiful rock formations greet you at the entrance

It had rained hard the night before, giving

us muddy roads and amazing colors!

Wet rocks are much more colorful than dry rocks

Many Colorado River trips begin here!

There is also a nice campground available,

boondocking only.

The weird rocks are everywhere!

So are the pretty colorful ones

There are several balancing rocks like

this one all around Lee's Ferry.

It's hard to imagine the

size of these rocks

Until you see Chuck under one of them!

Or me !

There is an area strewn with these oddball

rock formations on the way to the river

This sign explains how this happened.

You can click onto the photo to enlarge it.

Chuck and I enjoy travelling the roads less travelled!

This will be the last blog for a month or two.

We are heading back to Florida,

we will post a few blogs from there

as we intend to camp at several of Florida's

beautiful state parks.

We sincerely hope you have enjoyed riding

along with us, road tripping the real America! As Sandy said, "I feel like I have been hiding in your closet!"

We have had a ball this summer!

We both saw places we have never been before!

We love America and we would like to urge you

to get out and vote, take America back!

Happy Trails from The MotherShip and Crew!!

Geri, Chuck, Scotty and Doogie Bowser

Lake Powell and Around Page AZ

Lake Powell AZ

and surrounding area

Oct 2010

While camped at Lake Powell we

camped at Wahweap Campground

The view out the front door of the

MotherShip was gorgeous! That rock

is the same one seen in the previous

blog at sunset! It changes colors all day!

This was taken early morning after

a night of rock 'em sock 'em

thunderstorms!

By noon, color had returned to the rock

and to the skies.

Sunset reflected off the rock!

Road tripping around Page AZ

beauty all around!

The rock formations are huge

and curiously shaped

That dark blue stripe at the top of the

photo is the Colorado River. It forms

Lake Powell behind the dam.

More beauty. The night rains just

intensified all the colors!

Horses wandering on the Navajo Rez.

They have right of way on all highways!

Seeing this semi-truck beneath the

towering rocks give you and idea

of how large the rocks really are!

That small yellow sign behind the truck

informs of a runaway ramp ahead

because we are about to go down a very

steep hill! That little white stripe across

the top is the lower 1/2 of the highway

we are on! eeeeek!

A very long way down!

Once safely down, we encounter more

horses open range!

Another tourist enjoying the sights!

More horses

Back at Lake Powell

The landscape is other worldly!

In fact, the movie "Planet of the Apes"

was filmed around here!

The water is a very dark blue because

it is so deep! These were once

beautiful canyon lands!

If you get a chance read "The Monkey

Wrench Gang" by Edward Abbey.

Interesting story about the making of

Lake Powell.

Wahweap Marina at Lake Powell is

packed! You can rent everything here

from personal water craft to house boats

with helipads!

As I mentioned in the previous blog,

we are currently at our home in

Truth or Consequences NM.

I have one more blog to finish all

photos taken around Lee's Ferry AZ.

We head for FL in 2 more days so

Lee's Ferry will be the last blog for

this amazing journey that we have been

travelling this summer.

Happy Trails!

We love you all!

Geri, Chuck and our furkids

Scotty and DoogieBowser

On the road to Lake Powell

Road Tripping from

Monument Valley Utah to

Lake Powell AZ

Oct 10. 2010

When we left Monument Valley, the skies were

drizzling a misty rain. But wet rocks

show a lot more color than dry rocks!

Colors were everywhere, except the sky!

The sky was heavy with gray clouds

just bursting with rain

It didn't take long before the skies opened up

and we were battling rain and wind!

Finally the rain eased up. On the

Navajo/Dineh rez horses, sheep,

goats all have the right

of way!  Be alert when you drive!

Finally we saw a few spots of sunshine!

Beautiful rock formations!

Clouds drifting between the mountains.

Finally we arrived at the Wahweep Marina

Campground in Page AZ at sunset!

And sunset gave us a beautiful rainbow!

The storm clouds began to clear

We had a great campsite with

a great view of Lake Powell.

This was taken looking out of our

front door of the MotherShip!

Sunset on the lake!

Chuck and I are now at our home in

 Truth or Consequences NM.

We will leave here in a few days to head

back to Florida for the winter.

I have one more post of

Lake Powell and Lee's Ferry to

put together. See you then!

Happy Trails!

Geri & Chuck with our furkids

Scotty and DoogieBowser!