The Wave

The Wave is sandstone formation that is located just south of the Utah - Arizona border about halfway between Kanab, Utah and Page, Arizona. I have seen many pictures of this area and I have wanted and dreamed of going on this hike one day. I would say that I have been wanting to go on this hike for the past 9 years.

The BLM limits access to the Wave to just 20 permits per day. Ten of the permits are available in advance by reservation, and the remaining ten are made available the day before in Kanab, Utah. Thanks to my dear friend "Uncle John" who tried diligently for over a year, got us tickets to hike the Wave.

The hike was approx. a little over 6 miles round trip. We hike this on Sunday Nov. 16th and the weather was perfect. We started out early in the morning and hiked all day. Uncle John was the "Sherpa" and helped us carry all the extra layers of clothing that we peeled off during the hike.

This was such a spectacular hike. I couldn't believe all the dramatic colors that swirled on theses large rolling hills. Just to let you know none of these photos have been photo shopped, the colors that you see are true.

Once we got to the Wave we sat at the top and at lunch. There were 5 of us Uncle John, Aunt JoAnn, Amelia, Megan , and Me. I am thankful that we had enough tickets for Amelia and Megan. While I think they had fun I don't think that they will truly appreciate this opportunity and experience until they get older. We will have to do this again when Porter is a little bigger.