Page, Arizona to Kanab, Utah

May 1, 2021

We may have been remiss in not telling you a little about Page. In ancient times it was inhabited by Pueblo people, but they did not live in the area continuously. Navajo people continue to live in the area although 24 square miles for the city was exchanged for a larger tract of land in Utah. Page was developed to support the men working on the Glen Canyon Dam beginning in 1957. It was named for John C. Page, a Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation. Today it’s home to about 8,200 people.

Our travel today had two little hiccups. First, the latch on one of the hold doors failed just as we tried to open it to disconnect from park water. We had had latches fail before and so luckily had a spare, but our departure was delayed about half an hour past designated check out time.

The second inconvenience was a wind that buffeted the coach as Dave drove the 70 miles to Kanab. The coach is 38 feet long and over 12 feet tall so it catches a lot of wind. Jane’s job was to snap pictures through the passenger window. The sky was gray but the colors of the rocks and hills were beautiful.

Kanab is a city of about 4,000 people situated in an area of farming, ranching and recreation. Many films have been made in the area. The name Kanab is a Paiute word meaning “place of the willows”. Descendants of Europeans have lived continuously in the area since 1870.

Jane’s brother Jon and sister-in-law Nancy suggested we tour Utah’s parks together and they arrived in Kanab today from Chattanooga. We met for dinner and will be doing fun stuff (one of Jon’s favorite things) for the next week or so. Stay tuned.