Photo: Kangaroo-like dog on a house boating vacation

This is a dog, although he looks like he is striking a pose similar to a kangaroo.  He is enjoying a house boat vacation on Lake Powell, and is practicing water craft safety by wearing a life preserver.

This is another photo I am sharing courtesy of my stepson, Stuart.

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Photo: Rainbow Arch, Lake Powell

This is another one of Stuart's photos.  Rainbow arch is at Lake Powell on the Arizona-Utah border.  It is not very accessible, and is reached best by boat.  People like to rent houseboats for vacations on Lake Powell, which was created by the Glen Canyon dam on the Colorado River not far north of the Grand Canyon.

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Photo: Sky Over Lake Powell

Here is a photo of beautiful Lake Powell near Page, Arizona.

I thought this should qualify as an Arizona postcard as part of my series this week.

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Wahweap and Lake Powell

Lake Powell is situated between Utah and Arizona and is located on the Colorado River, near Page, Arizona.

Lake Powell is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States. Wahweap marina is the place to launch boats.

Lake Powell is beautiful but it is also controversial. Lake Powell was caused by the flooding of Glen Canyon by the Glen Canyon Dam. Environmentalists today still think the Dam should disappear and the river should run freely.

Lake Powell is named for John Wesley Powell who explored the river in three wooden boats in 1869. He was an American Civil War veteran.

When the Glen Canyon Dam was built, it cost $155 million and 18 lives. Rainbow Bridge is a must see on Lake Powell and is the world's largest natural arch.

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Glen Canyon Dam

The Glen Canyon Dam is 710 feet (216 meters) high and 300 feet (91 meters) wide at the base. California, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico receive about 8.2 million acre feet of water per year from the dam.

The dam is part of the Colorado River Storage Project for the Upper Colorado Basin. The dam is about 4.5 miles south of the border between Arizona and Utah. The dam started blocking the flow of the river in 1963. The plant generates enough electricity to supply about 650,000 persons in the area with power.

Construction started in 1956 and the dam was dedicated in 1966.

If you visit, take the tour, it is amazing. There are great views above this dam and there are many photographic opportunities.

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