Navajo Time

Back in March, Kevin and I went on a trip down to Arizona to take part in the Slot Canyons and Monument Valley Tour with The Great American Photography Workshops.

To get out to Page required some doing. The closest Major airports are Las Vegas and Phoenix. We chose Las Vegas. Flying in we would have one night to see the city, and I would get another night before flying out. This seemed like a good idea as the last time I had been to Vegas was during the Great Family Road Trip when I was 14. Sure, I had visions of crazy times and debauchery, but that's not how it turned out. I think Kevin and I where the tamest guys there. I did manage to make $29 on Craps that night.

The next day, we headed out in our PT Cruiser. We chose the shortest route to get there and it took us right through Utah's Zion National Park. Not a bad way to go. The heavy rains made the normally dry park come alive with waterfalls. Quite fun.



That night, we arrived in Page, Arizona and the boot camp started. Up before dawn every morning and processing images late into the night. Quite the vacation. Some highlights were Antelope Canyon:



Monument Valley:



After the workshop, we went south and hit the Grand Canyon (another first for me) and went back to Las Vegas over the Hoover Dam. I finished out the trip by winning $141 on craps, getting two hours of sleep, then flying back to Portland and going right into work. Yahoo!

Pictures from the trip are here.
A high-resolution viewer of one of my mosaics is here.