Upper Antelope Slot Canyon, May 14, 2008

Spirit Bear, originally uploaded by BillyCrafton.

We woke up to rain and dark skies. Terry, Brian and Ken decided to walk to McDonald's to get breakfast as a Tour Bus full of French tourist were eating breakfast already at the hotel continental breakfast.

I was just hopping ingot the shower, so I joined the guys after getting ready. Surprisingly, the guys just got their food before I got there so I didn't slow them down too much. We decided to do a little shopping while waiting for the weather to clear and hit Jack-in-the-Box for lunch.

The weather finally started to clear up around 2 and we headed over to the Upper Antelope Canyon, AKA Corkscrew Canyon. We paid the $6 Navajo fee and $40 for a 2 hour photo tour from one of the local guides. The best time to see the shafts of light in the Upper Antelope is from 11:30 to 1, so we missed that and the light was very poor for general photos. One of the high points of the tour was catching Spirit Bear! it is only visible in the mid to late afternoon.

I was very glad that our stay at the Page Tavelodge was almost over. I can't believe that their internet access had been down for a week and their response was for us to use the Best Western wireless from across the street. The Deluxe Continental Breakfast was pretty poor as well. It was cereal (Raisin Bran or Frosted Flakes), toast and/or bananas and oranges. Pretty weak.