Utah Road Trip - Part 2

 At Mesa Verde we also visited the remains of pit houses, where ancient people lived.

The next morning as we headed toward Page, Arizona, we stopped at Hovenweep, the ruins of another ancient people who lived in this area. The structures were very different from others we saw.

Just as we were thinking about lunch and a rest stop, we saw signs for Fort Bluff. It was a restored village/fort that the early Mormon settlers had created after they came through the Hole in the Rock Canyon. It was an interesting site and showed what their lives might have been like. Many of the artifacts have been donated by descendants of the original settlers in 1880.

Our route took us through Monument Valley, giving us even more incredible views of rocky scenery.

While we stayed in Page, we visited the Glen Canyon Dam, which forms Lake Powell from the Colorado River. We did two hikes down from the top of the canyon to the water, one on each side of the dam. One was on rock and the other had stairs down to a sandy area.

This was one of the few days we ate lunch in a restaurant (most days we carried a picnic lunch). We were all ready to eat after two hikes! 

Next, on to the Grand Canyon.

Part 3 to follow.