Horseshoe Bend and Lake Powell

We finished our time in Page, Arizona with a visit to the east rim of the Grand Canyon at the horseshoe bend and viewing the meandering Colorado River. The canyon depth is 1,000 feet. 

We woke up to snow in the mountains and a 30 degree drop in temperature from yesterday. 

The Lake Powell region is enduring its worst drought in over a thousand years, fueling a crisis on the river. With water supplies growing increasingly scarce, some have called for draining Lake Powell — and shutting off the Glen Canyon Dam — to supply more water to Lake Mead.  Both lakes are critically low. 

We were getting hangry and stopped at the Lake Powell Resort very much needed lunch. Let me tell you, every place we have visited has had a staffing shortage. No one that wants to work should be out of a job!