Page to Cortez plus Horsehoe Bend and Four Corners

10/11 Sunday We left Page Lake Powell behind. It is a lovely place and I look forward to coming back. Our first stop of the day was Horseshoe Bend. It turned out to be the first of several stops of the day.

 I read a lot about the trail to Horseshoe Bend. It said that it was steep, with deep sand, big rocks and it was not a wheelchair friendly place. Was that going to deter me? Not really, so we decided to climb to the top of the hill where there is a small pavilion for shade. We would decide from there. I was thankful for having the Freewheel along because I wouldn't have made it without it.

 Yeap, they were right. The hill was steep and covered in sand but just beneath the sand was stone or pavement, I really couldn't tell.

The view from the top of the hill. We could see the Bend but not down into it.

 The trail down was steep. It was littered with little drop offs and deep sand. Becky said she was game so we went.

Bunch of campers and boaters down on the river.

A view of the trail on the way back up.

People posed in all kinds of weird ways.

Lots of people looking and taking pictures.

We stopped to take a break on the way back up and two Japanese men stopped. One wrapped a strap around the left down tube on the chair and the other started pushing. They pushed me all the way up the hill and helped get me down to the parking lot. I wanted to get a picture with them but they took off before I could get the camera out. We were so thankful for the help. People helping people no matter what the nationality.   

A parting shot of this cool geological feature.

We rolled back to Page and east on 98. 

 We pulled over at the intersection of 98 and 160 for bathroom break and across the street was a Navajo flee market and this lady was cooking up BBQ. We all had the ribs with the homemade sauce. While the ribs were good they didn't sit well with us. I kept belching up burnt bbq sauce. The dog got a few bones and they didn't sit well with her either.

 We ran up 160 and stopped at Navajo National Monument. Sandal Trail is paved and it is downhill all the way to the viewing point but it is steep and coming back up required some heavy pushing. We wished that we had a strap for pulling. Next time we will take a strap.

Some sights tooling down 160.

Church Rock near Church Rock Wash

The next stop on the agenda. It is not a national park or monument. It is on Navajo Land and cost five dollars per person to get in. They recently remodeled the place changing how the four corners monument looks and adding Navajo vender booths on all four sides.

Sitting on all four corners. Some guy said I should do burnouts. I did a wheelie instead. There was a young lady that did a head stand on the center and that was impressive. 

 160 bends north in Colorado at the junction of 491 where impressive Chimney Rock stands. This is not Chimney Rock National Monument. 

 

We ran on up into Colorado where the grass started to green up and we were on the edge of the desert and the mountains. An hour either way put you solidly in either one.