dn't want to leave without seeing the Glen Canyon Dam, which is how Lake Powell came to be. We're so glad we took the time to check it out because 
it was really something to see.
Next stop was the Horseshoe Bend Overlook. The Horseshoe Bend is where the Colorado River makes a U-turn at the bottom of a canyon. We were not able to drive down to it. You have to park and walk about a mile
to it. Some of the trail was sand, just like walking on the beach and some of it was layers of shale....sometimes it was rocky. It was really hot on the day we were there (over 100 degrees), but we did it early in the morning, so it wasn't too bad. It was well worth the hike, believe me. When we got our first glimpse of it, it just took our breath away. It was amazing. If you notice on the one picture, there is a small cooler sitting on a rock by the edge of a cliff. That's our cooler, and we both sat there for a 
little while in awe, hardly able to believe what we were seeing. I actually laid on my stomach and tried to hang the camera over the edge of the cliff to see if I could get the entire thing on one picture but I could only get 1/2 at a time. 
After that, we headed to the Marble Canyon to see if we could get lucky enough to see a California condor. For some reason, condors have started coming to the bridge that goes over Marble Canyon and Chuck really had his heart on seeing one. They are huge, with a 10 foot wing span, and really something to see, we were told. But unfortunately, there were none is sight when we were there.
We spent the rest of the day in travel and ended up camping for the night in Cedar City, Utah.
Yesterday morning, we left Cedar City and traveled north the whole way through Utah and into Idaho.
We camped last night just outside of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Idaho reminds me so much of PA, it made me a little homesick. It's very green....lots of farms and some mountains. We accidentally took a wrong turn as we were leaving Idaho Falls this morning and stumbled upon the reason for its name. There are water falls right in the middle of the city! There is a dam on the Snake River that, instead of extending straight the whole way across the river, it makes a 90 degree turn so that the falls look like they're coming right at you. Pretty cool!
Tonight we are camping in West Yellowstone, Montana, just a short distance from the entrance of Yellowstone Park. The weather isn't the greatest. It's raining right now and it's in the 50's. The weatherman is saying highs in the 40's and lows in the 30's for the rest of the weekend. BBRRRRRR!!!! Glad we brought our leather!! That's ok.....we'll make the best of it. :-)
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