We started our day by driving to the adventure centre in Page. They took us on a bus down to the Glen Canyon Dam....the only way you get to the dam is through a 2 mile tunnel in the canyon wall from the top of the canyon to the water level. it was built purposely in 1956 to allow trucks to take turbines to the dam....before 7/11 it was open to the public but now is only used for Colorado Adventure centre tours and workers on the Glen Canyon dam....very impressive...along the tunnel they dug out adits to get rid of tunnel degree...but now serves as an air channel as well...the dam is 583 feet above the river and contains 5,370,000 yards of concrete... The Navajo Indians used to own this land and before the dam was built there was no Page....the government traded this land for some land in Utah for the Indians. The land the Navajos now own is equivalent to the state of Carolina! Well we went on a rubber duckie down the Colorado river from the Glen Canyon Dam to and around Horshoe Bend, a large island in the river...fantastic trip! The canyon walls were 800 feet at the start and 1100 at Horshoebend....and 1 mile at Grand Canyon! Our guide was a modern day Navajo Indian...her parents lived in a hogan (similar to a yurt..no power or water) at birth and then moved into a house just outside of the reservation where she lives today....very interesting history of her family...her grandparents still live in a hogan! And she hates getting up at night and walking a long distance to outhouse! The Navajo Indians are very poor...the land is awful...hot, dry, no trees or food for animals or humans...the government makes sure they have enough money for food but there is no alcohol problems like our aboriginals. No one here grows trees or flowers...water is too expensive...just to have a tiny vegetable garden costs $500 a year for watering! After a nice packed lunch we were off to a Hummer tour of Slot Canyon....this is way out in the Navajo country...real 4 wheel driving in the hummer....the canyon was huge....and all sandstone...as a mad sandstone lover I was in awe....it was very narrow varying from 2 metres wide to 2 feet wide with continuous twists like a snakes track....in fact the Indians were scared of it as they thought snakes lived in there and snakes are an evil spirit....that is why their houses are round...to ensure no evil spirits can crawl into corners! Just beautiful!