Lake Powell/Capitol Reef

The journey west continued with a ferry across Lake Powell,


a huge artificial lake in the middle of the desert created by

a dam on the Colorado river. It's quite surreal driving for hours through

the desert without seeing any sign of civilisation, and suddenly arriving at a perfectly blue

lake between the sandstone cliffs, with thousands of people zooming across

the water in their powerboats and jetskis (and not a single sailing boat on the whole lake).



After the ferry we drove to a camping in the Capitol Reef national park, after a slight navigational

error on my part (missing the only turning in 100 km...) Luckily, because of my error, I got to drive

what has to be one of the best roads in the trip (route 12), which winds up and down through the canyonlands.

At one point it takes you up among the eagles along the top of a ridge with 100+ m cliff drops on either side.

Fortunately we made it to Bryce Canyon NP by the afternoon.

Allan