Today we are driving to Moab. It's one of the closest towns to a few of the other National Parks. As we are leaving town, Dave is telling me about seeing another tour company listed online that he just read about this morning that does a slot canyon tour. I was saying that I wished I had taken some of the photos differently. Then I see the sign on the highway for X Canyon Tours! It's fate! We ended up taking their tour. They have 2 canyons there that you go through. There's no wait, they will take us as soon as we're ready. We were allowed to spend as much time as we wanted in the canyon. The guide taught me some things about my camera as well. I knew those settings were there, just wasn't sure when to use them.
While it wasn't as pretty as the Secret Canyon, it was still nice. We did see the sought after light beam, though. I was commenting that even if I did see a light beam coming in through the top of the canyon, I wouldn't know how to photograph it. Well, I do now! There's a trick to it. The guide grabs a handful of sand and tosses it in the air and that makes the beam visible. Another guide brought 2 more people down and next thing you know, he's flinging so much sand around that now it's getting hard to breathe and too dusty. We were in the canyon for 2 hours and I got a do over on the photos. Now that I've reviewed them, not sure that it helped. The roadside scenery on the drive is definitely bizarre in places! Ordinary desert landscape of red sand and rabbit and sage brush. Suddenly there is a huge sandstone formation and then desert landscape again. Monument Valley is a cluster of odd sandstone formations it is on Navajo tribal land.
Didn't have to go to Arches National Park before we saw our first arch. It's a roadside attraction and is called Wilson's Arch. Cool!
Steps on the fitness tracker: 4200