We waited over a year for the Navajo Nation to open up Antelope Canyon. This was scheduled for last summer and we had to change our plans when the Navajo Nation closed their reservation to visitors and mandated a 8 am to 5 pm curfew. I can tell you that it was definitely worth the wait.
My friend Jan Pelosi described visiting the canyon as walking through living art. I can’t find any better description… just breathtaking.
I thought yesterday’s canyon was beautiful but it didn’t compare to the upper antelope.
Our guide was a full blood Navajo. She said her part of the reservation got water and electricity in 2008. Think about that! Over 50% still don’t have services which includes her grandmother who lives in an Adobe hut. Her gram can’t read or write but can speak English. Her grandfather was a medicine man and died due to complications from Covid.
Can you see the sitting bear?
This is called the heart of the canyon.
Our guide said owls frequent the slot canyon and that the owl is a carrier of news. If the owl screeches it is bad news. If he just watches or hoots it is good news. If you see an eagle it is a good omen.
Guided tours became a requirement after 11 hikers drowned in 1997, when a 40-foot-high flash flood swept through Antelope Canyon. The group was washed 4 miles down the canyon, which is only 3 feet wide in some places.
The walls turn purple in the afternoon light.
It is seriously amazing what water can create.
Today’s pic! We are smiling.
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