We arrive at Lee's Ferry after an uneventful and lazy drive from Williams, AZ via The Grand Canyon. The "Canyon" is awesome as ever...just two short years since our last visit and still...gasp...the VIEWS! Here's a panorama shot from Ms. iPhone....amazing camera.
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| Over look of The Grand Canyon |
While we stand and gape, Mr. and Mrs. Raven gape back at us.....here's Mr. or, maybe Mrs....or???
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| Canyon residnet welcomes us |
We head up toward Lee's Ferry National Recreation Area where we remember spotting a campground a few years ago. That year we had floated down from the Glen Canyon Dam on a raft trip and now we want to return to check it out in case we hatch a plan for next year involving our kayaks and Coyote Buddies!
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| Colorado River and Pirea River converge here |
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| Campsite at Lee's Ferry |
This is an awesome area, fairly remote and great river access for raft companies and for personal boats. There are about 15 pull through sites and lots of back ins...for RV's or tent campers...and all for the awesome price of $6.00 a night, if you are OLD. (Golden Age Pass holders...come on!) Even if you are NOT OLD, $12.00 a night is ok.
This night we watch the river, the cliffs and the sky. We read there are California Condors seen in this area...and Bighorn sheep. Hey! Reward.....check out the photo of the cliff and the fuzzy shape up on top! Yes, it was far away!
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| The Colorado rushes by below the campground |
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| Bighorn sheep!!! See it??? |
The next morning we consider pushing on to the northwest...but there's a weather alert for high winds in the "Arizona Strip." We wonder, what exactly, ARE "high" winds? Deciding it might not be fun to drive in 30 mph wind, we spend the big bucks ($6.00) and pay for another night. In the morning we do a little exploring by Jeep.
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| Yet another "Balanced Rock" formation |
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| Steve and the pups...blowin' in the wind... |
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| Even the desert has "Spring" flowers! |
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| Hey! Let me join you!! |
After dodging a few dust devils making a try at sandblasting the Jeep windows we return to our campsite. Yes, it would have been challenging to drive the RV and tow in 30 mph winds...but little did we know...that was not the half of it!
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| Something's comin' "round the mountains" and down the canyons! |
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| Steve with the little iPhone wind meter |
The RV shakes....and rattles...and sorta "rolls"...well, not really but it felt like...maybe.... We pull the slide in...more shaking, but the "snapping" stops. The satellite dish is only good for 50mph wind. Steve now clocks the lastest blast at 61 mph!! We make the decision to push the "stow" button and the dish starts making terrible moaning and groaning sounds. Then there are the grinding sounds. Then...it STOPS. It will take another 4 hours before the gusts stop gusting and we can press the "restore" button and see if we have ruined our fabulous internet connection sattelite dish. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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| The next morning all is calm! |
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| Such awesome beauty surrounds us! |
We were right about one thing. Staying put. It's a for sure, definite fact that driving our rig in 61 mph winds would have been a terrible decision. So, next time we hear the words "high wind alert" in the southwest...we know more about what they might be talking about! Oh, and when we press the "restart and restore" button...the awesome sattelite dish preforms it's magic and we are once again connected to the world beyond Lee's Ferry.
We leave Lee's Ferry the next morning.... heading for St. George, UT and then a final park destination of Valley of Fire State Park in NV. No wind forecast...just sunshine and temperatures in the low 70's.
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