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Antelope Canyon Tour - Tales from the Trail
A slot canyon, just the name of it is intriguing. A narrow crevice cut through rock, by water and wind over thousands of years.
I had seen pictures and wanted more information.
Slot canyon, corkscrew, petrified sand dunes, my imagination ran wild.
Limitations to go and see Antelope Canyon just added to the mystery.
On Navajo Indian land in Page, Arizona, accessed only by a guide.
There are four tour companies in the small town of Page, all of them doing the same tours.
Through research, my choice was Roger Ekis, Antelope Canyon Tour Company.
Navajo owned and operated by Carolene Ekis.
The month of December was by choice.
Taken in a jeep, by Ryan, our Navajo guide, to a mysterious spot in the desert.
The outside looks like an entrance to a cave. Once you enter, it is an amazing fantasy world of stone, carved by Mother Nature.
The darkness inside makes you stop for a minute so your eyes can adapt.
The floor is sand; the canyon walls are solid rock and smooth, from flash floods and wind.
Looking skyward we can see the light filtering through the cervices.
Ryan uses his flashlight to point out interesting places for picture taking.
It is a fragile canyon, only a quarter mile long and one hundred thirty feet deep.
Every month is a different color scheme, according to the suns position.
Our palette of color was purple, yellow and orange. This is transmitted by the sunlight filtering down from above and bouncing off the canyon walls.
In the summer months the shafts of light makes, light beams, streaming down from the top to the canyon floor. The brilliant sun shafts make the canyon walls different colors.
The sculptures set in stone leave you in awe. A visual delight that leaves you breathless.
If you go:
Page, Arizona is on the Utah, Arizona border near Lake Powell, Utah.
Roger Ekis Antelope Canyon Tours
Navajo owned and operated
22 S. Lake Powell Blvd.
P.O. Box 936
Page, AZ. 86040
For reservations:
928-645-9102 - Office
928-660-739 - Cell
Antelope Canyon
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- The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journal:
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