Category: Scenic

Sand and Stone

Sand and Stone

Time stands still for no one and no thing.  It is almost inconceivable to imagine what this landscape looked like eons ago and the forces of nature that carved this unique horseshoe shaped bend in the Colorado River.  One thousand feet below the edge of the cliff the Colorado river continues to etch this vista deep in the Navajo Sandstone Plateau.

Not to be overshadowed by Horseshoe Bend, the nearby Antelope Slot Canyon holds it’s own captivating spell on visitors.  A guided tour through the narrow sandstone canyon walls by the native Navajo Nation gives you an inkling of the powerful affects of the water that regularly floods the canyon on it’s way to Lake Powell.

Horseshoe Bend is absolutely breathtaking and Antelope Slot Canyon is a unique look at the artistic sculptures of sand and stone over time.  Neither should be missed and both are certainly ideal photographic opportunities for all.

I invite you to click through the photos to see the images full screen and to gain a sense of the impact of seeing such natural beauty in person.

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The Dammed Colorado – Scenic Lake Powell

The Dammed Colorado – Scenic Lake Powell

Yá’át’ééh.  “Welcome”  in Navajo.

I say the traditional greeting out of the great respect I hold for our native American Navajo upon whose traditional lands these photographs and this trip represent.  Many years ago, I had the honor of working for two years alongside some of the Navajo people in one of our national parks, the Petrified Forest in Northern Arizona.  Although I attempted to learn the Navajo native tongue, it was very difficult for me and all I honestly know is this greeting. Yá’át’ééh.

Years later I was again intrigued with the land of the Navajo and decided to travel to Northern Arizona to experience the beauty of the Navajo lands – again.  My close friend, who became my husband about 7 years later, invited himself on a journey I had planned to Lake Powell to camp in and explore the Escalante Canyon. This year we returned with family and good friends in tow and spent a week on a 70 foot houseboat re-visiting the first half of the lake from the Glen Canyon Dam to the Escalante River that joins the mighty Colorado River.

Of particular interest is that the lake is fully 50 feet lower now than it was 25 years ago. Where previously only the Cretaceous Period layers (65 Million years ago) were visible, now the lower lake levels have exposed the Triassic Period (250 Million years ago) layers previously affected by the completion of the dam in 1963. Geologists are ecstatic!

Please join us as we travel up the Colorado viewing the most incredible vistas you can possibly imagine!  Everywhere I looked I was astounded by the unending peaceful beauty surrounding us and the images my soul urged me to record.