No tour through this magically water carved Antelope Slot Canyon would be long enough.
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These are the limousines for the tourI made reservations for the 1.5 hour “photography” tour at 11:30am for $32 with Antelope Canyon Tours.
Couldn’t take stills on this ride
Checked in for my tour in Page, Arizona. Each truck holds 14 people and there were four trucks full just for my tour. It’s a 20 minute ride to the canyon, half on pavement and the rest like this video. Hang on tight. (That is the Navajo coal fired power plant in the background.)
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Entrance to the slot canyonYou can only enter the canyon with a Navajo guide and Laytoya explained that we would pass through in a group stopping at various places along the way.
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We were asked to pause upon entering, to be respectful to this awesome creation of Mother Earth..jpg "Light shaft Antelope Slot Canyon Page AZ")
It was the right time of day to see a few light shafts slanting into the slot..jpg "Light shaft Antelope Slot Canyon Page AZ")
Laytoya threw handfuls of sand into the light to really show them off..jpg "Antelope Slot Canyon Page AZ")
And she suggested the best places to take photos..jpg "Antelope Slot Canyon Page AZ")
She took at least one photo with my camera and for some of the other passengers also..jpg "Antelope Slot Canyon Page AZ")
I don’t know which one..jpg "Antelope Slot Canyon Page AZ")
Do you see the woman’s face?Most of my photos are very blurry due to limited light and no time to set up a tripod.
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Exit the slotIt took 30 minutes to walk one way through Upper Antelope Canyon.
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South beyond the slotThen we were on our own to explore for 25 minutes before we needed to be back on the trucks.
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The bear’s headWhen the rains fall flash flood can occur.
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And that same flow of water carved this twisting narrow canyon as it once drained into the Colorado River and now Lake Powell..jpg "Antelope Slot Canyon Page AZ")
Leaving the slotAs I gently touched the sculpted sandstone walls it seemed the rock cried out for silence. This is an awesome place but was way too crowded and not enough time.
The trail to the toadstools is an easy 2 miles round trip in a wash and past the deposited layers of sandstone, limestone and shale.
The toadstools kind of sneak up on you.
They are majestic.
And come in all sizes.
Of course you can’t eat these toadstools unless you’re a rock giant with very strong teeth.
A storm was heading my way so I rather booked it out of there and continued my journey to