Antelope Canyon and Monument Valley

We made a late afternoon trip to Antelope Canyon. (some good photos at this web site) Again the light was not ideal. So much so that the Native American care takers of the canyon were hesitant to make the very bumpy, sandy drive out to the canyon entrance from the parking lot. They were in a hurry to close the canyon for the night so we didn't have much time to photograph, in fact we were literally running through the canyon only stopping momentarily to take a quick photo.The sandy drive to the entrance of the canyon.The entrance of the canyon.
Inside the canyon.


We were burning daylight fast and it was a race between us and the sun to see if we would have light to photograph John Ford's favorite western movie setting, Monument Valley.We decided there was too much scenery to photograph than the light allowed, so we decided to stay nearby in Mexican Hat, Utah for the night and backtrack to Monument Valley in the morning. It's a small fishing village that caters to catfish hunters.The only motel with a vacancy that we affectionately called the "Bates Motel" was a ramshackle affair with sliding glass doors as the entrance to each room. We arrived late but the manager was kind enough to phone the local diner to stay open for three more hungry travelers. We were quite lucky as this diner had excellent fare. I partook of the excellent beef stew served with a platter size piece of Indian fry bread. The next morning after an excellent breakfast at the diner we ate a late dinner the night before, we headed back to Monument Valley in the morning light.

Forest Gump stopped running at this spot
A midget among giants