We drank a quick cup of coffee then headed to meet up with our Tour Guide to view Antelope Canyon. We rode in the back of a pick up truck with about 14 other tourist. 13 of them were from Japan and they had their own tour guide, so basically Larry, I and the other man had our own tour guide and she was so sweet and informative.
Nice ride, huh! :)
You could tell she loved her job! The Indians are the only ones who do tours through Antelope Canyon since it is on the Reservation. We drove in a lot of sand for about 10 minutes, then unloaded and entered the canyons from the lower level. What a perfectly beautiful surprise! OH MY GOODNESS! We were blown away by the beauty. Pictures absolutely do not do it justice, so if you ever have a chance to go...GO! Another huge perk was we were the first tour group of the day through the canyon and it was not only super peaceful but we had it completely to ourselves for one hour! As we left all the tour groups had shown up and there were a lot of people flooding into the canyon...what a nice treat to be first!
Nice ride, huh! :)
You could tell she loved her job! The Indians are the only ones who do tours through Antelope Canyon since it is on the Reservation. We drove in a lot of sand for about 10 minutes, then unloaded and entered the canyons from the lower level. What a perfectly beautiful surprise! OH MY GOODNESS! We were blown away by the beauty. Pictures absolutely do not do it justice, so if you ever have a chance to go...GO! Another huge perk was we were the first tour group of the day through the canyon and it was not only super peaceful but we had it completely to ourselves for one hour! As we left all the tour groups had shown up and there were a lot of people flooding into the canyon...what a nice treat to be first!
Spotted an owl as we entered. Lovely home, Mrs. Owl!
Our guide would put us in just the right spot, grab our camera and take a picture...here we are obviously holding a large torch!
Isn't it crazy what God, sand, water and wind can do! The shapes and contours in this canyon were breathtaking. I took a lot of pictures, and they don't do it justice.
You need to see it with your own eyes!
We had such an incredible time!
After the tour, we packed up the trailer and the sweet people in the campground office helped us find and book a tour boat on Lake Powell. We made the decision before we left this area that we really wanted to see Lake Powell. We made a quick run by the store, ate lunch in our trailer before heading to the Lake Powell Resort.
The boat carried about 50 people and we had excellent seats right at the front, so great views! One of the stewards on the boat was from Texas and she quickly picked up on where we were from and gave us all sorts of special attention, very sweet lady. We enjoyed the tour of Lake Powell, though we saw only a tiny portion of this huge lake, nonetheless it was very interesting.
The captain took us into a canyon area that was pretty narrow. It was beautiful but crazy how he he could go in this narrow canyon and still be able to CAREFULLY turn the boat around. No easy task!!! The ride was relaxing and fun!!
Hopefully on our next visit to Arizona & Utah, we will see more of Lake Powell!
It would be an absolute blast to be able to rent one of these "little jewels" and spend a week on Lake Powell with the family!!! When this size boat on this lake still looks tiny floating in the water, it sure tells you how big this lake is!
"Our" boat and sweet "texan" steward.
After our Lake tour, it was time to hop in the Jeep and get to Zion River Resort. We had a very beautiful drive, and were constantly shocked by what amazing things would be around almost every turn. It was about 3 hours drive, but a very enjoyable one!
Well hello gorgeous mountains!
We arrived at our campground and were welcomed with the sweetest staff. We were pretty blown away with not only how nice everyone was but how nice the campground was! It turned out to be our very favorite of the entire trip. Such nice sights, trees, flowers, hot tub, pool, amazing clean bathrooms/showers, etc plus and super cute gift store! Looked like something you would see in Fredricksburg! It had such cute gifts but then groceries, etc. also. The ladies were very friendly and helpful about helping us in planning our days in their area of the state. We were here 5 nights, so we sat up our trailer, and started planning out our days at Zion National Park. Full day but very fun!
We have gone none stop since leaving Abilene so we decided to take a little slower start in the morning and enjoy some breakfast at camp, get our maps out and decide what hikes and sights we want to see and do! What a fun 3 days and can hardly wait to see what is next!
there are really no words to describe the unique beauty of antelope canyon, but you have captured the feeling of being awestruck!!!
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