More Monument Valley; Glen Canyon Dam

 More Monument Valley; Glen Canyon:

(Note: anyone following this blog has probably realized by now that I'm obsessed with sunrises)

As has been my habit on this trip, I woke up before 6 today, threw on some clothes, and went outside with Zoey to enjoy the pre-dawn quiet.   What greeted me this morning, however, looked more like a scene from the movie "Nomadlands" - as my eyes adjusted to the light, I realized that there were about a half dozen others outside, some wrapped in blankets but all holding their cameras or cell phones, facing east and ready to catch a picture of the sunrise.

It didn't disappoint.....

....neither did the setting full moon behind us:

Morning routine behind us, John and I said good-bye to Monument Valley and headed west to Page, Arizona, along miles of nothing interspersed with occasional landmarks.  

Arriving at Page, we stopped to visit the Glen Canyon Dam at the western end of Lake Powell.  

Too hot a day (but it's a dry heat) and no shade in our RV park this evening, so we're full-on "glamping" inside our motorhome with A/C, Wi-Fi, and Cable.   Go ahead and call us wimps!  Temp's over 100 predicted for tomorrow.....but relief by Friday.

(P.S. It's confusing to keep track of the time of day here - Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time, so we're technically three hours behind the east coast; however, the Navajo lands within Arizona, which cover all of the northeast part of the state, DO observe DST.  Page is just outside of the western border of the Navajo nation, so our cellphones did the switch --- but our stomachs have not, as we wait for the proper cocktail hour and dinnertime)