I'm sitting in our motorhome in a parking lot / KOA campground in Las Vegas behind the Circus Circus Casino. It's 107 degrees outside and about 85 degrees inside with both rooftop air conditioners doing all they can do. Our big trip for this year is just about finished. We stayed in town because Scot and Gina wanted to show the kids what the bright lights looked like and since the motorhome is our only means of transportation it made sense to park it in town.
About three years ago we visited the Upper Antelope slot canyon in Page AZ. This year we decided to visit the Lower Antelope slot canyon. You can see from the first photo below why they are referred to as 'slot' canyons, this narrow crack in the rock is the entry point to the canyon. Once you get down inside the width of the canyon will vary from about 18 inches to as much as 10 feet.
In this canyon there were several sets of steps like these to get from one level to the next. They are quite steep and usually don't have any handrails.
This Navajo girl was our guide through the canyon. At a couple of different points on the trip she played songs on the flute which resonated in the canyon and sounded really restful.
The canyon walls are sculpted by water and wind over hundreds of years. The lighting coming in from the narrow slot at the top highlights the shapes and colors. The colors are not quite as vivid in this canyon as they were in the Upper Antelope but they are still very pretty, here are several different shots.
Here is our whole crew in one of the wider portions of the canyon.
This is the Lookout Tower at the east end of the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
Another view of the canyon from the eastern end of the south rim.
In the next two photos, the Colorado River is briefly visible, it is the mud red spot toward the right side. In the second photo you can also see trails zig zaging across the lighter colored areas.
Here is a photo of our crew with part of the Grand Canyon in the background.
Just another pretty shot of the canyon.
After leaving Grand Canyon we traveled south to I-40 and then west toward Kingman AZ. We got off I-40 and drove route 66 for a few miles.
On Wednesday afternoon we visited and drove across Hoover Dam and the new bridge. It was about 104 degrees there and very little breeze. I think we will be glad to be home, if for no other reason than to get out of this heat. Yes, it's a dry heat, but it is still hot!
