July 2016 - Arizona
We finally took a small detour to go see what must be two of the most popular locations to use for screensavers: Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend. We also went kayaking for a few hours out in Lake Powell. We loved it all, and finished just in the nick of time as a thunderstorm was rolling in. Night had fallen by the time we reached Monument Valley, but Monument Valley is just so awesome I couldn't resist taking a picture as we went through.
We finally took a small detour to go see what must be two of the most popular locations to use for screensavers: Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend. We also went kayaking for a few hours out in Lake Powell. We loved it all, and finished just in the nick of time as a thunderstorm was rolling in. Night had fallen by the time we reached Monument Valley, but Monument Valley is just so awesome I couldn't resist taking a picture as we went through.
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| The entrance to Upper Antelope Canyon | Heading deeper into the canyon | |
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| Looking up | ||
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| The heart of the canyon | Enjoying the light making its way down to the darkest part of the canyon | |
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| Us and a beam of light | ||
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| A wall of light | ||
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| A pillar of light | ||
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| Starting off near Lone Rock | Up next to Lone Rock | Lake Powell |
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| Taking a break on a small island | ||
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| Our island | Paddling up a canyon | Eventually the water was too full of debris to be enjoyable, it was like kayaking in a big bowl of wood soup |
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| A distant storm on its way over | The water looked super green as we paddled out ahead of the storm | A thunderstorm heading up the canyon |
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| Horseshoe Bend, with the storm moving up the left canyon | A quick picture on the edge of the storm | |
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| Monument Valley, at night | Lightning strikes |