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<\/a>From Jacob Lake the road descends on Alt. Rt. 89, passing from Ponderosa pine forest, past gorgeous views of the Vermillion Cliffs, and eventually to high desert. \u00a0 At a viewpoint near the Vermillion Cliffs, just after entering the Navajo Nation, there is a large pullout where Navajo women have set up stands to sell art and crafts made by dozens of Navajo artists they represent. \u00a0 The stop is worth making just for the views of the Vermillion Cliffs — the best view we’ve seen yet — but the items for sale are also beautiful.<\/p>\nA bit further you pass the little outpost called Cliff Dwellers, where there is a small motel, a restaurant, and a few homes butted up against the red stone of the cliffs. \u00a0 Amazingly, fly fishing in the perennial streams of the nearby canyons seems to be the major attraction of Cliff Dwellers.<\/p>\n
The road bottoms out at about 3,000 feet at Navajo Bridge, which crosses the Colorado River at a narrow spot above a very tall gorge. \u00a0 The bridge, originally built in the 1920s, is a steel arch type which appears to hang 700+ feet above the deep green water of the river below. \u00a0 Actually, it was replaced in 1995 by a larger but nearly identical bridge, and so you can now walk across the old bridge for the view. \u00a0 Well worth the stop, but keep in mind that there’s no RV parking. \u00a0 We “invented” some along the exit road and the ranger on duty did not mind. \u00a0 There are covered picnic tables near the bridges so it makes a nice lunch stop.<\/p>\n
From Navajo Bridge the road climbs again to the south, until Alt Rt 89 joins Rt 89 and you have a choice: Flagstaff or Page. \u00a0 We turned left (north) to Page and immediately began a climb through the red cliffs where pullouts give you an outstanding view of the plateau below. \u00a0 The road slices through a notch in the cliffs and you’re back up at 6000 feet. \u00a0 Then it slowly descends down a tilted plateau to Page.<\/p>\n Page was originally a workers town for the builders of the Glen Canyon dam that formed Lake Powell. When the dam was proposed, there weren’t any towns for 80 miles, no roads, and no rails. \u00a0 Today it’s a modern town with golf courses and marinas on Lake Powell, but it’s still a long way from anything. \u00a0 This, plus the fact that it is located smack in the middle of some of the most beautiful landscape in the southwest, makes it a popular stop for RV’ers.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n