We woke early to head out of the Grand Canyon because we did want to watch the Super Bowl today. Go 49ers! So we set off to Page, Arizona where the amazing Antelope “slot” canyons are. It’s also home to Horseshoe Bend. Every town has a sports bar, right?
Heading to Page, we travelled East taking the rim of the Grand Canyon so it was a bonus to see it constantly along the drive out. Not to mention we got to enjoy the sunrise over the canyon.
It was pretty neat driving away from the Grand Canyon and seeing the canyon ripples continuing.
The traveling karmic balance. Didn’t really know about Antelope canyon until recently, but once we knew about it, we didn’t want to miss it. Of course as I’m looking it up it says “fat chance” if you don’t have reservations months ahead if time… There is both upper and lower Antelope canyon. Upper is a upside down “v” shaped canyon with a wide bottom and narrow top allowing for the “rays of sunlight” shining through. Lower Antelope Canyon is a “v” shaped canyon with a narrow bottom and wider opening up top. We picked the lower one because it looked and sounded more fun and thought we’d have an easier time getting a reservation. It worked out because once we got there we got put on a tour within 30 minutes and were told the lower canyon is much better in the winter and vice versa. You only see the “sunlight shine through” during the summer months. There were a lot of people there but it was still very much worth it. You know those windows screen savers…this is where they take the pictures. It was simply beautiful.
Our tour guide was great. Told us another slot canyon to check out that is NOT commercialized yet. He also was an animal trainer in Hollywood and trained the MGM lion, Bagheera in Jungle Book, and a few others I don’t remember. He also showed us pictures of his pet raccoon and owl. We thought that was pretty cool.
So how are these slot canyons formed? Well these ones are “fossilized” sand dunes. The wind that forms the sand dunes provide all the beautiful swirls.There is a fault somewhere within the fossilized sand dune where it splits apart. Then water flows through and erodes away the sand dune. Now you are left with amazing swirls, shapes, textures, and colors to wander through. It was NOT boring.
Ok, after deleting a lot of pics already before now posting a lot…apparently I need to go through them again and delete a few more. It was hard not to be dazzled after every turn you made. I was ready to walk through again after we left.
We still had a good amount of time before the game do we went by horseshoe bend as well.
Another fabulous spot in Page. Wee then went to Che k out the 3 local bars to see where we wanted to watch the game.
We drove around town for another little bit and were stoked when we saw a real life road runner.
We also drove across and checked out the dam.
Now game time, bar food, and commercials…
Bah ha hum mer. How exactly did we blow it the last 7 minutes? We licked our wounds by doing much needed laundry afterwards.
