Super-fantastic Journeys

 Page Arizona was established as a temporary work camp in 1957 when the Glen Canyon Dam was being constructed.  Now it serves as a hub for many of the outdoor activities that are in this area of Southern Utan and Northern Arizona.  We planned our trip to have about 24 hours to explore the area around Page Arizona, and now I realize that you could spend a week or more here and still not experience everything the area has to offer.  The town has just over 7,000 full-time residents and is all about tourism in the area. Where to Stay: There are numerous places to stay while you are in page with a wide range of pricing.  The hotels have been built along the north side of town on the hill so that they can claim to have a view of Lake Powell as a part of their marketing. We stayed in the Courtyard by Marriott Page at Lake Powell .  Wow, I would hate to be the one who answers the phone and has to say that name a hundred times a day.  The Courtyard is a very typical property for Marriott and t

 So when you talk about Mexican Food in the state of Texas, you have to be careful about what you are going to get.  There is a real variety but the most popular in Texas is really Tex-Mex.  What makes Tex-Mex different, we will start with the cheese and beef.  Tex-mex restaurants love Queso, a melted cheese sauce that is either served with chips as an appetizer or is used excessively to cover a burrito or enchilada.  Texans love to smother everything with queso and it is nasty, way too much for me.  The second item that separates Tex-Mex from other regional Mexican food is the use of beef.  When you order and enchilada with chili sauce (because you do not want all that queso) it is a red sauce with ground beef crumbled up in it.  This is not the same as a green chili from New Mexico or even a red chili from Arizona.  Beef also shows up in the ever-popular fajitas, sliced skirt steak grilled and served on a sizzling platter with lots of sides like guacamole, lettuce, pico, and you gues