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16. We had an awesome time
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 11:43 AM
Jul 2012

Our first stop was Albuquerque, NM. It was a 4 hour plane trip from Dallas. We took the 20 minute tram ride to Sandia peak, had dinner, and watched the sun go down on the city. It was 45 degrees on top of the mountain. Luckily we had jackets and long pants because the wind was fairly strong.

The next morning we flew to Page, AZ. On the way we flew over Shiprock, Monument Valley, and flew over about 50 miles of Lake Powell (I think the lake is something like 200 miles long). While in Page we took an extended tour of Antelope Canyon with our Navajo tour guide. We rented a boat and spent a day on Lake Powell, and we took a tour of the Glen Canyon dam (only 16' shorter than the Hoover dam).

After leaving Page we took a scenic flight over the dam, horseshoe bend, Glen Canyon, and made a few passes over the Grand Canyon. From there we headed south and flew over the cinder cone volcano field just outside of Flagstaff.

While it's certainly fun to have mom along, it had been a while since just my daughter and I went somewhere together. I'm glad we had the opportunity to do it. My daughter is a great kid and is a lot of fun to be around.

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