🗺️ 今天这一段（浅灰＝全程 JC→湾区 · 橙＝今天）
⏱️ 时间表（AZ 时间 · 9/11 上午三改：已在 Page，整段行车已提前走完）
| ~时间 | 在哪 / 打卡 | 导航 | 说明 |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ✅ 昨晚直接开到 Page，住 Wingate by Wyndham | Cassie 不舒服 + Tusayan 洗澡全线扑空（代币要等办公室、酒店要 $25/人），索性一口气开完 2h45 住酒店。澡洗了，觉补了。代价：Little Colorado 窄缝峡谷、Cameron 早午饭、Camper Village 代币澡——全部作废，不用再管 | |
| ~11:50 | 🏨 退房 · 镇上吃午饭 | 顺手在午饭这一站把水和电解质买齐（33°C 还要下水），超市那一站就不用单独跑了 | |
| 13:00 | 🚗 午饭后出发，今天正式开始 | 今天从"行车日"变成 Page 整天自由，一场会都没有。只有三个时间钉子：18:00 营地商店关门（＝代币）、18:39 日落、20:07 天全黑 | |
| 13:15–13:45 | 🏗️ Glen Canyon Dam 观景台 📍 可停 | 📍 导航 🚗 Tesla 输入：Glen Canyon Dam Overlook, Page, AZ | 混凝土拱坝＋身后的 Lake Powell。观景台就在路边，几分钟的事 |
| 14:00–16:00 | 🏊 Lone Rock Beach 下水（整整两小时） 📍 可停 | 📍 导航 🚗 Tesla 输入：Lone Rock Beach, Big Water, UT | 今天 34°C，整趟唯一一次下水，年票覆盖门票。 ✅ 实况修正：手机逐小时里今天没有雷暴图标（14:00/15:00 是"风"不是雷），所以躲雷这件事今天不用管。唯一影响是下午阵风 ~11 mph → 沙滩会扬沙，相机和吃的收好。 ⚠️ 近水那片软沙真需要四驱：车停上面压实那段，走下去。 备选：Wahweap Marina 就在营地边，皮划艇 $5/时～快艇 $75/时，17:00 关 |
| 17:05–17:25 | 🔍 白天先把 Sand Cave 的路踩一遍 📍 可停 | 📍 导航 🚗 Tesla 输入：Shell, 1501 AZ-98, Page, AZ | Shell 后面沿铁丝网 0.1 mi（5 分钟）到凹洞，记住铁丝网下沉处那块平石头——晚上拍银河就不用摸黑找 |
| 17:40–18:45 | 📸 马蹄湾 · 日落 📍 可停 | 📍 导航 🚗 Tesla 输入：Horseshoe Bend, Page, AZ | 停车场走 15 分钟，$10/车（城里收的，年票不覆盖）。今天日落 18:39——改成 17:45–18:45，把日落本身包进去（原来 18:15 就收工，等于把最好的光扔掉）。今天没有雷暴，不用再为躲雷让时间 |
| 19:00–20:00 | 🍽️ Page 镇上晚饭 | 吃完往 Sand Cave 走，20:07 天才全黑 | |
| 20:15–21:45 | 🌌 Sand Cave · 银河 📍 可停 | 📍 导航 🚗 Tesla 输入：Shell, 1501 AZ-98, Page, AZ | ✅ 今晚稳了：手机逐小时 19:00/20:00/21:00/22:00 全是晴（clear），NWS 也是 mostly clear、降水 4%。加上 9/11 正好是新月（0% 照度），全年最后几个能看银河核心的晚上之一；明晚 Vegas 光污染没戏，今晚是这趟唯一机会。核心在西南方，~23:00 后落下。带头灯 |
| 16:15–16:45 办入住 / ~22:05 回营 | 🛏️🚿 Wahweap 营地（已订）+ 洗澡怎么解决 📍 可停 | 📍 导航 🚗 Tesla 输入：Wahweap RV & Campground, Page, AZ | ✅ 已订：Wahweap Tent/No Hookup，1 晚（9/11→9/12，2 人） 行程号 80006F6CQ · 预订号 86I5QA · Wahweap Marina, 100 Lakeshore Dr · (928) 645-2433，营地商店 928-645-1059 今晚 21°C、mostly clear、降水 4%，无电位完全够用（不需要 Camp Mode）。帐篷位在 Loop 1，有桌子/烤架/火圈。 🚿 洗澡：唯一要办的一件事——在白天把"付费方式"解决掉 淋浴 $2 / 15 分钟，淋浴间 24 小时开放；被卡住的从来不是时间，而是付费方式。所以 18:00 前必须办到的只是"拿到代币/硬币"，不是洗澡本身——手里有币之后，16:45 冲一次、拍完银河 22:00 再冲一次都行。资料里"coin-operated"和"商店卖代币"两种说法都有，没现场确认前不要假设。 ① 16:15 游完泳直接来办入住（商店 18:00 关，留了 75 分钟余量）——先下水再入住，正好在营地把湖水冲掉 ② 直接问："淋浴是投币还是用代币？" ③ 两样都备：代币买 3–4 个，同时让商店换 ~$10 的 25 分硬币（20 个 quarter 够两人今晚+明早，还有余量） 明早：09:20 出发——Wahweap 在 Page 西北，集合点在镇东 5 mi，~25–30 分钟，10:00 必须到（迟到 20 分钟＝弃座不退）。定好闹钟，这是整趟剩下唯一的硬线。 |
❌ 查过但去不了：Rainbow Bridge National Monument
9/11 下午现场查：没有任何公路能到（Google Maps 直接说 "Can't seem to find a way there"，不是 bug）。唯一实际通道是 Wahweap Marina 的游船——但目前无限期停运：Lake Powell 水位太低，浮动码头已经接不到步道，上岸后单程还要走约 1.6 km。正常运营时是 07:30 出发、周二/三/六、全程 6–7 小时、$140–150/人。
另一条路是从纳瓦霍一侧单程 21–22 km 徒步，要纳瓦霍部落 backcountry 许可，至少 2–3 天。
→ 结论：这趟不用惦记了，它是"关着"而不是"没时间"。今晚在 Wahweap 办入住时可以顺口问前台一句，那正是发船的码头。
冷知识：按纳瓦霍传统这座桥是圣物，观景点到桥下为止，不允许从桥下穿过。
🌤️ 天气
| 白天 | 33°C · 晴到多云，无雷暴（9/11 中午手机实况）——NWS 早上说的 40% 雷雨没有出现，逐小时里 14:00/15:00 只是阵风 ~11 mph。日落 18:39 |
| 夜 | 21–26°C · 全程 clear，降水 4%——银河拍得成，露营舒服。无任何气象预警、无山洪警报 |
| 明天（羚羊谷） | 33°C · 降水 5%，山洪风险零。⚠️ 小提示：NWS 说 sunny，手机 10 天预报里周六是局部多云 ⛅——光柱要直射阳光，多云会打折。概率仍然站在我们这边，但不像我之前说的那么百分百 |
📌 明天（Day 11 预告）
10:20–11:40 羚羊谷上团（已订，#378422550）→ 导航 Home 直接走最快路线 → Vegas 顺路 PF 洗澡 → 夜宿 Barstow Walmart（不再订营地）。周日只剩 340 mi，下午到家。Zion、Vegas、Hoover Dam 全部留给下次——太累了。
✅ 天气这块不用担钱的心：NWS 明天 Page sunny、降水 5%、无山洪警报，光柱要的直射阳光有了。而且万一真被天气取消，是运营方取消 → 100% 全额退款（订单条款写明），另外你买的 Trip Protection 还能开团前 3 小时无损取消。10:00 必须到集合点（US-98 Milepost 302，镇东 5 mi），迟到 20 分钟视为放弃且不退——唯一真正的风险是起晚，不是天气。
🗺️ Today's leg (grey = the whole JC→Bay Area run · orange = today)
⏱️ Schedule (Arizona time — third cut, morning of 9/11: already in Page, the drive is behind you)
| ~Time | Where / checkpoint | Nav | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ✅ Pushed through to Page last night, stayed at the Wingate by Wyndham | Cassie was sick and every Tusayan shower was a dead end (tokens need the office, hotels wanted $25/person), so you drove the 2h45 and took a room. Shower solved, sleep recovered. Cost: the Little Colorado gorge, Cameron brunch and the Camper Village token shower are all moot — ignore them | |
| ~11:50 | 🏨 Check out · lunch in town | Buy the water and electrolytes at the lunch stop (33 °C and you're swimming) so the grocery run costs no extra time | |
| 13:00 | 🚗 Roll after lunch — the day starts here | Today turns from a travel day into a free day in Page with no calls at all. Just three pins in the clock: 18:00 campground store closes (= tokens), 18:39 sunset, 20:07 full dark | |
| 13:15–13:45 | 🏗️ Glen Canyon Dam Overlook 📍 stoppable | 📍 Navigate 🚗 Tesla: type Glen Canyon Dam Overlook, Page, AZ | Concrete arch dam with Lake Powell behind it. The overlook sits right off the road — a few minutes, in and out |
| 14:00–16:00 | 🏊 Swim at Lone Rock Beach (a full two hours) 📍 stoppable | 📍 Navigate 🚗 Tesla: type Lone Rock Beach, Big Water, UT | 34 °C, the only real swim of the trip, and the America the Beautiful pass covers entry. ✅ Corrected on the ground: the phone's hourly shows no thunderstorm icons today (14:00/15:00 are wind, not storms), so there's no lightning to dodge. The only effect is ~11 mph afternoon gusts → blowing sand on the beach; keep cameras and food covered. ⚠️ The sand near the waterline really does need 4WD — park on the firm packed section and walk down. Alternative: Wahweap Marina is right by the campground — kayaks $5/hr up to powerboats $75/hr, closes 17:00 |
| 17:05–17:25 | 🔍 Daylight recon of the Sand Cave trail 📍 stoppable | 📍 Navigate 🚗 Tesla: type Shell, 1501 AZ-98, Page, AZ | Behind the Shell, 0.1 mi (5 min) along the barbed-wire fence to the alcove. Note the flat rock where the fence dips — then tonight isn't a hunt in the dark |
| 17:40–18:45 | 📸 Horseshoe Bend · through sunset 📍 stoppable | 📍 Navigate 🚗 Tesla: type Horseshoe Bend, Page, AZ | 15 min walk from the lot, $10/car (city-run, pass doesn't cover it). Sunset is 18:39 today, so this moved to 17:45–18:45 to include sunset itself — the old 18:15 finish threw away the best light. No storms today, so nothing has to be scheduled around them |
| 19:00–20:00 | 🍽️ Dinner in Page | Head for Sand Cave after — it isn't fully dark until 20:07 | |
| 20:15–21:45 | 🌌 Sand Cave · Milky Way 📍 stoppable | 📍 Navigate 🚗 Tesla: type Shell, 1501 AZ-98, Page, AZ | ✅ Tonight is locked in: the phone's hourly is clear at 19:00, 20:00, 21:00 and 22:00, and NWS agrees — mostly clear, 4% precip. Plus 9/11 is the new moon (0% illumination), one of the last good Milky Way-core nights of the year. Vegas tomorrow night is a light-pollution write-off, so tonight is the trip's one shot. The core sits low in the southwest, setting after ~23:00. Bring headlamps |
| check in 16:15–16:45 / back ~22:05 | 🛏️🚿 Wahweap campground (booked) + how the shower gets solved 📍 stoppable | 📍 Navigate 🚗 Tesla: type Wahweap RV & Campground, Page, AZ | ✅ Booked: Wahweap Tent/No Hookup, 1 night (9/11→9/12, 2 adults) Itinerary 80006F6CQ · reservation 86I5QA · Wahweap Marina, 100 Lakeshore Dr · (928) 645-2433, campground store 928-645-1059 Tonight is 21 °C, mostly clear, 4% precip — no hookup is plenty (no Camp Mode needed). Tent sites are Loop 1, with table, grill and fire ring. 🚿 The shower: the one job, and it's to settle the payment method in daylight It's $2 / 15 min and the shower building is open 24 hours — what gets gated is never the hours, it's the payment medium. So the thing that must happen before 18:00 is getting tokens/coins in hand, not the shower itself — once you hold them you can rinse at 16:45, again at 22:00 after the Milky Way, or both. Sources say both "coin-operated" and "tokens sold at the store," so don't assume either until you've asked on site. ① Come straight from the swim and check in at 16:15 (store closes 18:00, so 75 min of slack) — swimming first then checking in means you rinse the lake off right there ② Ask outright: "do the showers take quarters or tokens?" ③ Carry both — buy 3–4 tokens, and have the store break ~$10 into quarters (twenty quarters covers two showers tonight and two tomorrow with margin) Tomorrow: roll at 09:20. Wahweap is northwest of Page, the meeting point is 5 mi east of town — ~25–30 min, and you must be there by 10:00 (20 min late forfeits the seat, no refund). Set an alarm; it's the last hard deadline of the trip. |
❌ Looked into it, can't go: Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Checked on the ground, afternoon of 9/11: no road reaches it at all — Google Maps saying "Can't seem to find a way there" is correct, not a glitch. The only practical access is the boat tour from Wahweap Marina, and that is suspended until further notice: Lake Powell's level has dropped so far that the floating courtesy dock no longer reaches the trail, leaving about a mile of walking each way. When it runs it's 07:30 departure, Tue/Wed/Sat, 6–7 hours round trip, $140–150/person.
The alternative is a 13–14 mile one-way hike in from the Navajo side, requiring a Navajo Nation backcountry permit and 2–3 days minimum.
→ Conclusion: nothing lost — it's closed, not merely un-schedulable. Worth asking the desk at Wahweap check-in tonight, since that's the very dock the tour sails from.
Aside: the bridge is sacred in Navajo tradition — the viewing area stops short and you may not walk underneath it.
🌤️ Weather
| Day | 33 °C · sunny to partly cloudy, no thunderstorms (observed midday 9/11) — the 40% storm chance NWS gave this morning did not materialise; 14:00/15:00 in the hourly are just ~11 mph gusts. Sunset 18:39 |
| Night | 21–26 °C · clear right through, 4% precip — the Milky Way shoot is on and camping is comfortable. No active weather alerts, no flash-flood watch |
| Tomorrow (Antelope Canyon) | 33 °C · 5% precip, flash-flood risk nil. ⚠️ One caveat: NWS says sunny but the phone's 10-day has Saturday as partly cloudy ⛅ — beams need direct sun, and cloud takes the edge off. Odds still favour you, just not the lock I implied earlier |
📌 Tomorrow (Day 11 preview)
10:20–11:40 Upper Antelope Canyon (booked, #378422550) → nav Home, fastest route → PF shower passing through Vegas → sleep at the Barstow Walmart (no more campsite bookings). Sunday is just 340 mi, home mid-afternoon. Zion, Vegas and Hoover Dam all saved for next time — too tired.
✅ No money at risk on the weather: NWS has Page sunny, 5% precip, no flash-flood watch tomorrow, so the beams get the direct sun they need. And if weather ever did force a cancellation, an operator cancellation is a 100% refund (stated in the booking terms), plus the Trip Protection you bought allows cancelling up to 3 hours before with no penalty. You must be at the meeting point by 10:00 (US-98 Milepost 302, 5 mi east of town) — 20 minutes late forfeits the seat with no refund, so the only real risk is oversleeping, not the sky.