Bashful Bob's

Greetings from Bashful Bob's Motel in Page, AZ! We had a nice relaxing day around Lake Powell and checked into Bob's today. I found the place online last week...only$44 including tax. Considering most rooms here are $200+ that's pretty darn amazing. I had read good reviews on Tripadvisor and I am really pleased. Bashful Bob himself greeted us at the front desk and told us a story about our room. It's really a one-bedroom apartment and it is where Bob lived for 25-years until he recently moved into his new motorhome. Sure it's shabby and dated, but very clean. It reminds me of visiting my great grandparents as a kid. Something about the smells and bizarre assortment of art and furniture is kind of soothing.

I asked Bob why his rooms are so much cheaper than everyone else and he said he just keeps his costs down so he doesn't have to charge people more. There's something you don't hear often in a tourist town. Thank's Bob!

We briefly looked into renting a speed boat on the lake today. The price was a lot, but we wanted to splurge. Then I found out that the boat holds 40-gallons of gas and that only lasts three hours! At $3.89 a gallon...doesn't take a math major to figure out that's a frickin lot of money. So no boat...too bad. That would have been fun. For those of you who aren't familiar with Lake Powell, it's this gorgeous resevoir that was created when they built the Glen Canyon Dam (see pic above). Gorgeous blue water winds through hundreds of miles of rocky canyons. The most popular way to see it is to rent a houseboat for a week. Someday when we're grownups maybe we can afford that. :)

Tomorrow we are touring Antelope Canyon. Jeremy has shot it before, but lost most of the photos in the infamous hard-drive incident of 2007. He's excited to be going back.

Dinner involved Mexican food (what can I say, can't go a week without Mexican) and one very boozy Margarita. Sweet dreams here I come!