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The drive to the Antelope Canyons is quite bumpy. It is quite adventurous as the truck gets stuck more than once in the hot sand. The driver is a bubbly and friendly Native American woman who really seems to enjoy being a tour guide.
The surface of the rock at Antelope Canyon is soft and smooth. The tour guide explains how water eroded the surface and gave it this final appearance. She also tells stories about the days when these canyons were easily accesable by all. But teenagers used to have parties here and sprayed grafitti onto the canyon walls. Eventually the state took over, sandblasted the grafitti away and made it into a what it is today.
Depending on the time of day, the sun beams its light in different angles into the crevaces of the canyon. Even in the late afternoon hours the colors and soft texture are simply gorgeous to look at.
The tour guide says that 11:30 a.m. is the best time of the day to come to these canyons. Even if that is true, the late afternoon hours are still magnificent. After going through the Antelope Canyons and back, which seemed to take about 20 minutes, you will then enter the truck again and be taken back to the office.
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