Monday, March 8, 2010
Breathtaking. That one word sums up Sedona, Arizona quite nicely. Sedona is my kind of place. Nature, beauty, relaxation and invigoration around nearly every corner. We decided to join our good friends, Yolanda and Zaya for a few days just to get away. I have always said that I wanted to go to Sedona and January provided the perfect opportunity. The 8 hour drive was well worth it when we stepped out into this beautiful place. It was as if we were on a different planet and Mynde must have said "wow" 25 times in the first hour of our arrival. We spent the next couple of days hiking and exploring and just hanging out in the super-cool awe-inspriring city. 
Bell Rock 
Sunday, March 7, 2010
A few years ago, I came across a picture of Antelope Canyon . I had never heard of this place (located in Page, AZ near Lake Powell, AZ), but I knew at that moment that I HAD to make it there someday. So, after a little convincing, our group decided to make a detour on the way to the Grand Canyon. Page, Arizona is located about a 4 hour drive from Sedona and, as we found out, not really on the way to the Grand Canyon, but it was soooo worth the extra drive. Because Antelope Canyon is located on Navajo land, everyone has to be escorted by a guide and are only allowed a short amount of time in the slot canyon itself. There are longer photography tours available, but I am the only photo freak so we went with the "regular" tour. It also happened to be about 15 degrees colder in the canyon so I am not sure how long my fingers would have survived, anyway. Our guide, Leonard (fancy Navajo name eludes me), was GREAT! He knew all the places to look and pointed out the "perfect shots". Needless to say, it is not easy to take pictures in the canyon. It is dark and the use of flash would wash out the natural light. I was completly running on adrenaline and was just hoping I could capture even a fraction of the beauty that surrounded me. Here are a couple of the seemingly million pictures I took inside the Antelope Canyon...I cannot wait to return in the summer when the light shines directly in the canyon and makes for completely different photographs~
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