This post describes what it was like to take a “Photography Tour” of Lower Antelope Canyon back in 2015. Unfortunately, in the years that have passed since then, quite a lot has changed. Today, both Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon are all but overwhelmed...
A slot canyon is a long, narrow gorge enclosed by steep rock walls, much deeper than it is wide. In the resplendent array of nature’s most brilliant creations, they rank among the most beautiful, as well as the least common. Their formation requires a unique...
This is the third and final page of a longer article about the Road to Spider Rock. If you’d like to begin at the beginning, click the button to return to Page 1: Click to return to Page 1 UPDATE: AUGUST, 2025: White House Overlook and Trail are OPEN! After a...
Canyon de Chelly: Riding the Rainbow to the Universe: The Legend of Spider Woman Spider Rock from below, with my black Jeep at lower left for scale. This is the second page of a longer article about the Road to Spider Rock. If you’d like to begin at the...
The twin pillars of Spider Rock were left behind, like a pair of stubborn hold-outs, when everything else around them slowly weathered away. Technically, they are the last remnant of the geological process that created this part of Canyon de Chelly, but that’s...
This is the fifth and final page of a longer article about Canyon del Muerto. If you’d like to begin at the beginning, click the button to return to Page 1: Click to return to Page 1 A couple of miles further along, the floor of the canyon widened significantly,...
This is the fourth page of a longer article about Canyon del Muerto. If you’d like to begin at the beginning, click the button to return to Page 1: Click to return to Page 1 Click Photos to expand images to full screen After our long, leisurely break, parked by...
This is the third page of a longer article about Canyon del Muerto. If you’d like to begin at the beginning, click the button to return to Page 1: Click to return to Page 1 The canyon was quite lovely in this area. Wind-sculpted sandstone cliffs rising eighty to...
This is the second page of a longer article about Canyon del Muerto. If you’d like to begin at the beginning, click the button to return to Page 1: Click to return to Page 1 We drove another mile or so, traveling slowly. The canyon would widen for a bit, and...
Famed photographer Ansel Adams once described Canyon de Chelly as the most beautiful place on earth. After his first visit to the area in 1937, he wrote to his wife Virginia, that “The Canyon de Chelly exceeds anything I have imagined at any time!” And he was...
Canyon de Chelly: Part 2: Chinle Wash to the Junction
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