Page, AZ - Antelope Canyon/Horseshoe

We ate breakfast at the hotel before heading out to our tour in Antelope Canyon. As we were heading out, I suddenly realized that Arizona does not recognize daylight savings time and that it was an hour earlier than we thought. Our phones were still showing MDT and hadn't picked up the difference. Someone later said that the Navajos do recognize DST so if phones were picking up off towers from their land, it would explain. Assuming that to be true.

We decided to drive to tour location just to be certain about time and we were 90 minutes early. We decided to drive back a short distance to the Glenn Canyon Lake Powell access. We checked out the public launch and then the private marina before heading back for tours.

We toured Canyon X, one of the slot canyons in Antelope Canyon. Those canyons are very interesting: so narrow and such exotic shapes. There was another smaller slot canyon we got to visit, also. We chose this tour rather than the Upper or Lower Antelope Canyon tours because of price and were glad we did. From a photo opp perspective, unless you had a higher end camera (not cell phone), I don't think it would be worth it. These canyons are all on Navajo land and you have to pay for a tour to access them.

Next stop was for a burger and beer at Slackers, followed by a milk shake at RD's Drive In. We are sticking to a healthy diet even though traveling !

We headed over to Horseshoe Bend, a bend in the river in the shape of a horseshoe, which has lots of people walking to the observation point. Once there, were we able to continue walking to a less crowded area and scramble on the rocks for even better views. Only source of irritation were the people who ignored the signs to stay on the path and took the straight line because it saved them a hundred yards or so.

Our camping spot for the eve was a tent spot in an RV park that didn't have much ( or any) shade..... one of the downfalls of camping in the desert. So, we decided to find a place to get a beer. We ended up at the State 48 tavern sitting next to 2 young pilots (ages 29, 32) who were private pilots for someone out of the Tampa, St Pete area. They typically do 2 or 3 trips per month. Sounded like a great gig. We talked with them for a couple hours before heading to the camp site.Read more