Lake Powell

For more of the stories behind these pictures, please see my previous entry: Too Hot to Blog, Part 2.

After Antelope Canyon, we drove down to the marina at Antelope Point. We hoped to rent a kayak and explore the flooded part of Antelope Canyon that way, but it was too windy.

There were no jet skis available there, so we went up to Waheap Marina. No luck their either, so we went to the beach near Waheap.

From the viewpoints near Waheap, we could see great views of the dam, Navajo Mountain, and the Navajo Generating Station. Considering that the dam is a source of hydroelectric power, I wonder how necessary the coal powered Navajo plant is. I imagine it's a good source of income for the Navajos, but it seems so contradictory that a tribe with such close cultural connections to the environment would run such an environmentally unfriendly facility.

Later that afternoon we walked out to a scenic viewpoint overlooking the Glen Canyon Dam.