56.06 Page, Arizona: Colorado River hike and government interference. 'National Security versus Boulder hopping'.
Reflections of our minds as the Colorado negotiates another bend. Hitting the spot. Looking through our window, we view magnificent sights which include Glen Canyon dam, the vast, colorful desert with a backdrop of mountains, the latter, many miles distant. Although we cannot see the waterflow, the Colorado River is close by, too. Below us is a golf course and a neighborhood consisting of wonderful Adobe style houses. We suppose it could be worse. About a mile to the west is a body of bright, blue water that we thought might act as a source for the residents. We wondered. While on a hike today, we came across a sign that read: ‘USBR’. We wondered, too. Because we are very smart, we thought the US probably stands for United States. Sometimes, we even surprise ourselves. We are not keen to use ‘Google’ on every occasion we have a question and with Encyclopedia Brittanica a little cumbersome to ‘schlepp’ around, we thought we’ll work it out eventually. After all, between the two of...