What’s A Slot Canyon? – September 12, 2021

Until recently, I had never even heard the words slot canyon much less know what they were. Today, we were educated by experiencing them first hand. Out here in Arizona when the sandstone gets a crack in it, it allows the water to wash through it eroding the crack from the bottom up or from the top down creating what is called slot canyons. Today we visited one that is like an A-frame where you can walk through but it is narrow at the top. These canyons are all over the Navajo Reservation and some of the families have chosen to allow tourists to see the beauty created by this occurrence and they get paid handsomely for the privilege.

We were led to a 4-wheel drive vehicle with our guide, Norman, who is Navajo and we proceeded to take a “pink jeep” type ride out to the Antelope upper canyon.

10 minute ride on this road to the entrance of Canyon

In 1994 these canyons were open to the public as a National Park but totally controlled by the families who own the land because they are on the Navajo Reservation. We took lots of pictures hoping to capture the beauty of what we saw. Bear in mind, pictures are never as good as the reality but these come close. See if you can spot the picture Microsoft paid $1.7 million for as one of their screen savers and see if you can find the shot that looks like a heart.