Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Local Customs

It cost $15 for a car load of people to enter Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. This is one of the parks included on the America The Beautiful Pass that we were using to visit the National Parks of the west during the summer of 2008. This is one of the best values in the world of travel. This is probably a park we would not have visited otherwise and it came in very handy on a number of occasions. We camped, did laundry and got showers twice on our six month trip around western US in 2008.

The first visit was after our visit to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in mid-May and the second time was a few weeks later after coming through the shower-free parks of Canyon d Chelly and Monument Valley. Both times the oasis felt just like that. Water, baby, water. Beautiful water. The picnic areas are also very nice, with not only restrooms (actually nicer than the campground's) but also sinks right next to the amply covered shady picnic tables, making it convenient for clean-up. This came in very handy on our way from Monument Vally to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, saving us the need to get a room. We arrived fresh as daises. ;)