Glen Canyon Dam

Behind me you can see 27 million acre feet of H2O, courtesy of the Colorado River watershed. That's enough to cover the entire state of Tennessee in a foot of water (sorry Tennessee!). This dam is an impressive engineering feat anyway you look at it. Without it, this region would have a much lower population.

We tried to visit the John Wesley Powell museum in nearby Page, Arizona but it was closed for renovation. Powell certainly saw a different Glen Canyon when his crew explored it in boats back in 1869. Very lyrically, he described a world that is now underwater. That part is sad.

Powell did all this with one arm. He lost a limb during the Civil War when he fought for the Union. Remarkable guy.

I noticed he spelled his name a little differently from mine.