East and North to Utah

After leaving the Grand Canyon by the east entrance, 

We continued east -- no trees, no canyons.

After we had turned north on US 89, we started seeing these mounds that almost looked like they had been created by humans piling up sand, but they seemed to be natural.

We were coming into an area where there were more red rock hills,

... beautiful against the sky.

Along this route, we saw the turnoff for 89A to go to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, but an information sign indicated that the road south from Jacob Lake was currently closed. The North Rim does not open until May 15 (and we were traveling on May 14).

It looks like our road is going to run us straight into the mountains!

Whew! it turned! but the road is climbing...

Views out to the west...

... as we continue climbing.

I think this is coming up to Antelope Pass...

Antelope Pass

Coming out the north side of Antelope Pass

Coming into Page, Arizona

We knew that we would be on full hookups at our next campground, but that there were not very many options for groceries once we got there (I had read 50+ miles away). So, we decided to stock up at the Walmart in Page -- 1+ hours and $300+ later, we had gotten the groceries that we thought that we would need!

We also decided to fuel up Gracie in Page -- there was a Maverik that participates in the Open Roads diesel fuel discount program that we use -- this particular station didn't have a great discount, and it wasn't very easy to use (required multiple trips inside the station and one visit out to the pump by one of the service station staff to get the pump going). But, we were glad to get fuel as we had used a bit while we were boondocking for generator fuel as well as heat, and we weren't going to find good prices on diesel for a while as we would be away from civilization in Utah.

Coming up to the bridge over Glen Canyon

Glen Canyon dam -- if I had done a little better planning, I think we would have enjoyed having a few days near Page or Glen Canyon to do some exploring.

Continuing north -- it looked like there might be rain in our future...

... though it also appeared that the rain may not actually be reaching the ground.

We had not been through this area of Arizona before -- maybe we can get back to it to do some more exploring in the future!