Page, AZ

In our Page, AZ campground, there are several of these covered wagon campers you can rent. Get the feel of being an early pioneer, but with the added experience of that classic pioneer feature, air conditioning. (See the box under the front wheels.)

Cacti in our Page, Arizona campground were loaded with purple fruit.  I’ve heard of prickly pear cactus; is there a prickly plum cactus?

The clouds rolled in that afternoon, presenting a contrast to the regular layers of sandstone on our short hike near our campground in Page, AZ.

This orange wall of sandstone was just a few hundred yards away from our campground in Page, AZ.

A nearly full moon peeks through spotty clouds and lights up the layered sandstone rocks at the back of our campground in Page, AZ.

Reds and purples edged the western horizon at sunset in Page, Arizona in mid-October. The biggest storm of the month arrived a few hours later, dropping nearly an inch of rain on this desert town overnight.

This much-photographed loop in the Colorado River near Page, AZ is a short walk from a busy parking lot. A crowd of sightseers lines the railings and cliff edges to get the best views and selfies this afternoon.

A stack of flat red rocks lines the path to Horseshoe Bend near Page, AZ. The cliffs in the distance are in Utah’s Grand Staircase national monument.

The dam that backs up Lake Powell at Page, Arizona still has enough water behind it to keep the Colorado River flowing down through the Grand Canyon.