January 14, 2010

Today I'm grateful for an inaccurate weather report. Yesterday when I checked, it looked like rain and snow showers, or at least cloud cover, from Chinle to Page. But this morning's drive was beautiful! Sunny, with a few wispy clouds here and there. The scenery on the drive was magnificent until the last 45 minutes or so, when it was the usual desert, nothing very spectacular. That was about the point when the world was no longer white, too. Very unusual to see so many miles of snow-covered vistas, even after many days of sun. We took a few pictures and will take more on the way back, but the laptop doesn't have an SD port, so I'll have to wait to post them.

Budd has decided this is the posting he wants...Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Unfortunately, there are no openings. He says he may have to kill someone, lol. Now let's hope the poor guy doesn't have an accident any time soon. We are staying at a Quality Inn in a room with a view of Lake Powell and Glen Canyon dam. I stayed in the room while Budd went to work, consulting with IT people here about the video surveillance setup. The light was perfect for cross-stitch, and I watched the lake change color all day as the sun's position changed. Unfortunately, because of the inaccurate weather report, I had the wrong coat so taking a walk wasn't a good option. I would have roasted in the coat and frozen without it. But I've been to Page before, and there's not much to see here in town, so I was content to stay in and work on my cross-stitch project.

I discovered for the first time today that KFC has fried okra on their menu. Don't know whether it's a new offering, local only, or what, but it's a favorite of mine. One of the few I can't make better for myself, or even as well as restaurants do. It's always been a mystery to me how they make the batter completely surround the okra...mine just falls off. Wish I had thought to have two sides of okra. mmmmmmm.

We had dinner at a sports bar & grill called, appropriately, Dam Bar & Grill. Everything there is dam good. Yeah, corny, but they do have good food, and our server was funny. Didn't find the Jazz game, though. When we got back to the room, discovered it's a very late game, on TNT, so we'll get to watch after all, as soon as Boston and Chicago are done.

Tomorrow, Budd will return the favor the local IT people did him and help them with some of their phone issues, before returning to the room for a phone interview. Then we'll drive back, taking our time this time and taking more pictures. Would love to take a side trip to Monument Valley, but we're in a government vehicle and your tax dollars are paying for the gas, so that won't be possible. Will have to make it a weekend trip on our own time before we leave the area.

Jazz game should be starting soon, so I'll sign off.