This place had been on my TO-SEE-SOMEDAY List for 10 - 12 years. I made it. The place
is worth a visit -- is always open and is always free.
Some lessons learned from visiting it:
- the walk is much further than you might imagine, it is up and down large hills, twice. 15-20 minutes each way.
- the walking path is all sand on top of terraced stones and is very uneven. Easy to twist an ankle for fall so watch your every step.
- I overheard an eight year old tell his mother "We should do things like this more often".
- Several "warning" signs say to take water with you. It was sunny and 75 degrees when I did it. However, I did not take water although most people did.
- There were at least 2,000 people there and the flow back and forth is constant. Interestingly, a very large percent, close to half, of the visitors were of some Asian descent. I heard one Caucasian father explain to his young son as they walked past "That is a different language".
- Like the "swimming rule", bad idea to eat at least half an hour before the walk. It will bounce inside you as you walk up and down the steep hills.
- The town of Page AZ itself was founded in 1957 so it is young and looks new. Nice town.