Nothing to do in Page - Southwest USA 2018 - 8
Thursday, 2018-05-03 - Nothing to do in Page
Weather this morning: Sunny sky with some nice clouds, temperature in the upper 50s (~14°C) - nice weather. Unfortunately, this does not help as everything that is not paved is out of reach. Even with a 4WD SUV, you don't have a chance as this red dirt sticks to your tires and within a very short distance, it's like driving on ice with slicks.
So there are not many options left. One of them is a flight with a small plane across the area. At Page airport, you have 3 companies offering such tours, but one desk is closed and the other two don't have sightseeing flights this morning. Now I'm running out of ideas. A boat trip would be an alternative, but that's what I did last time. It was nice but nothing to be repeated. In the end, I decide to take a look at Horseshoe Bend and then leave for my next destination early.
I was prepared that Horseshoe Bend would be crowded and so it is. Lots of Chinese as already in the hotel. I find a parking lot and walk up that little sandy hill that is the start of the trail. At the moment they are building a paved trail with some shelters. In future, it will be even easier to reach the viewpoint what means even more people will come. Talking about the viewpoint: They already finished an area from where people should take a look and this one now has a barrier so that people can avoid the risk of falling. I'm afraid they will declare the rest of the plateau off-limits. So most probably this is the last time that I will stop here.
I'm leaving Page, being a little bit frustrated to drive across this beautiful landscape, having perfect weather for a hike, but no realistic option I'm interested in. But this frustration does not stay long. On the way, I find nice murals and old cars in different states of decay. Especially this fire engine with different colors from red to yellow and rusty looks great.
For the next two days, I'm in Utah and that means that it's one hour later than I'm used to. The good thing about that is, that the hotel room is already prepared and I can bring my stuff upstairs.
After a brief stop to write these notes etc. I decide not to spend the rest of the day at the pool. Instead, I drive to St. George to see if I can spend some of the money I saved by doing nothing in Page 🌝.
