Antelope Canyon

We booked a tour of Antelope Canyon after running into fellow hikers who recommended it. You not only have to pay for the tour ($21 each), but you also had to pay the Navajo fee ($8 each). It was a little bit of a slick deal, but the place was cool so whatever. 

That'll be $8!

Checking in

Behind a Korean tour...

Entering the earth. Literally. 

We booked the first tour of the day on purpose to avoid the crowds and beat the heat. We got behind two private tours from Korea, but they actually moved fairly quickly so our planned worked well. NOTE: I'd hardly heard of this place. How did the Koreans know about it?! Mysteries of the world. 

You take 5 STEEP, METAL staircases to the bottom of the canyon. I mean you had to go down two of backwards because it was so steep. FINE- I had to go down two backwards because my legs were shaking in terror. Jackson was, of course, totally fine. It was worth it, though. This canyon (Lower Antelope) is simply amazing. 

How narrow the path got sometimes
Also, my favorite photo of the trip!

Light-rays  

More staircases through the canyon 

Heart hole

Smiling shark rock formation

A fish shaped hole

Hole in the rock

George Washington's face

Smooches

A little tribute

A couple of years ago 11 tourists were killed in the canyon by a flash flood. After that, they made guided tour mandatory. I'm OK with that. This little tribute was from one of the flood victim's sister who wanted to memorialize her beloved sister. Oh man, it was so sad. She left a letter to her sister to tell her how much she missed her.

Looking up

Love this one, too!

Our tour guide, Larry, was so helpful with getting good photos and just dropping knowledge. You could tell he really enjoyed his gig and it made the whole tour so great!