Today was my first “rest” day in two weeks. I think I spent a total of a half an hour on
my bike. To make up for that I spent 6
hours hiking!!! Coming back to my
previous comment about using Google to check the place you are going to visit,
when I used Google Images for Arizona one set of photos stood out from all the
rest. A place called Antelope
Canyon. Actually there are two, Upper
and Lower Antelope. The ironic thing is
when Matthew and I rode from The North Rim north, he back to central BC, and me
on to Moab, we rode within 50 miles of here, and never knew it existed. It is a slot canyon, formed in the sandstone
by high speed water runoff causing fantastic abstract shapes in the reddish
hued rock.
When I rode out to Monument Valley yesterday I rode right by
the entrance to the Antelope Canyons.
Then further on up the road I rode by the entrance to a touring company called
Adventurous Antelope Photo Tours. So
last night I looked them up on the internet, then called and made a suggested
reservation for this morning. It is not
cheap, just under $200 gets you a 6 hour 4 Canyon tour. Obviously just doing Antelope Canyon would be
cheaper.
So after meeting my tour guide Nate, and my four fellow
tourers we set off for Owl Canyon, Rattle Snake Canyon, Upper Antelope Canyon,
then after a delicious Pizza Hut lunch our final stop Sheep’s Head Canyon. Upper Antelope was crazy busy as there is a
VERY small window when light beams stream into the canyon, so ALL the tour
groups arrive at the one canyon from 10:30 – 12-:30. The rest of the canyons we had to ourselves
for the time we were there.
Nate was fabulous, as he knew when each sun beam would be
where and had our small group at each one about 15 minutes early so we all had
front row seats for photo taking. The
tour guides toss sand into the air so you can see the sun beams more
clearly. Over the course of the day I
took about 300 photos! So to narrow it
down to submit here was tough!!! These
are all exactly as were taken with the camera, not a single one has been
“Photoshopped” in any way. They are in
order of the day:
Extraordinary & beautiful photographs
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