Antelope Canyon

The sandstone overhang near our Page campground frames a photo of us on a cloudy afternoon.

This sandy parking lot full of trucks and busses just outside Upper Antelope Canyon is a reminder that about 1,500 visitors walk through the canyon every day in October (and 2,500 a day in the summer months).

This view back into the canyon from near the exit brings out the purple (and even blue) shades of the walls.

Toward the end of our hike through Upper Antelope Canyon, I caught this view straight up of the sandstone layers overhanging the canyon.

The ninth of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon, also taken by Elaine showing the different colors of sandstone in the canyon.

The eighth of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon, this one taken by Elaine showing a tree stump lodged in the rocks high above our heads.

Here we are at the bottom of the 60- to 80-foot deep Upper Antelope Canyon surrounded by orange sandstone.

The seventh of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon.

The sixth of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon.

The fifth of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon.

Rickie, our outstanding Navaho guide through Upper Antelope Canyon, shows where a several-foot long chunk of rock was recently broken off by a flood through the canyon.

The fourth of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon.

The third of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon.

The second of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon.

The first of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon. This is looking up to the sky past glowing orange layers of rock.

My wife Elaine and I pose near the entrance to Antelope Canyon with our new walking sticks.

After a bouncy bus ride into the Navaho Reservation from Page, Arizona, we walked into the entrance of Upper Antelope Canyon. We had heard about this remarkable place, but seeing it in person was more than any description could match.