Worldwide Wanderers

El Malpais, NM -- September 14, 2023 We left Page early. I drove first and the Navajo roads had crazy, slow speed limits. All the locals seemed to be going a normal speed, and I was going a speed limit. Local plates, no tickets; non-local plates, tickets? I was passed by a cop on a one lane, each way, road. I was happy when we made it to a road with a normal speed limit. We had a 5 hour drive and lost an hour due to a time change.   I brought Popeye's coupons that came to our house, not sure how widely accepted they were. We stopped at Popeye's and were able to use a 2 eat coupon and got gas before going to El Malpais. There were two roads that went to the park off of I-40. One really needed a 4x4, so we took the other, stopping at the visitor center. There was another person at the visitor center when we got there, not too busy. So, we stopped and talked to the Ranger for a bit. Before leaving, asking it was going to rain, he thought no, but it did while we were hiking. The v...

Antelope Canyon X and more Glen Canyon Dam -- September 13, 2023 I pre-booked us the Antelope Canyon X tour. There are also Upper and Lower Antelope Canyons; these are more established and known for being very crowded now. So, we wanted to try Canyon X to hopefully have fewer other people. The different slot canyon areas of Antelope Canyon are owned by different Navajo families. We met at their office by check in time; when it was time to go, they brought around and loaded assigned vans. Then it was a long drive on a dirt road to the canyons. There was either stairs or a trail down to the two slot canyons that we visited. We went in and out of each canyon. Beautiful sandstone slot canyons! The second picture is part of the X that the canyon is named for. People in this area liked to name things for what they look like. Our tour guide, Van, was awesome. He pointed out flood lines (the hurricane that came in at LA brought some flooding) and things that you can see in the rocks. He did a ...