In the morning, I drove to the Lower Antelope Canyon. Antelope Canyon is one of the world’s famous slot canyons. Photographers are most fascinated by it. The photography site is located in the north of Arizona, USA. The closest city is Page, Arizona. It belongs to the Navajo Aboriginal Reserve. Antelope Canyon is topographically divided into two separate parts, called Upper Antelope Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon .
5975 Highway 98, Page, AZ, United States After the guidance and comparison of netizens, we chose the Lower Antelope Valley, 28 dollars per person, no reservation required, batches every half an hour, as you go. It is said that the Lower Antelope Valley is better than the Upper Antelope. It’s a bit difficult to walk in the valley, but before we set off, I asked our guide if my parents would be tired at this age and he said no problem at all.
Lower Antelope Canyon
Lower Antelope Canyon, one of the top 20 weirdest places to visit in the world Lower Antelope Canyon, called “Hasdeztwazi” in Navajo; meaning “arched spiral rock”, is closed for about nine months of the year located at Under the ground, you need to climb metal stairs to go deep into the ground, and you may need to rely on some ropes to walk down the Lower Antelope Canyon. Due to the difficulty of entering, there are fewer tourists. The entrance is only one person wide, and it is the same height as the ground (entrance picture), far away. After entering, it drops about 50 meters without identification. The total length is very long. Generally, tourists are only allowed to go to the halfway point. The valley of the Lower Antelope Canyon has many changes. Some passages are not high enough for people, and tourists may bump their heads.
There were not many tourists that day. There were 8 people in our team. The guide was very responsible. Not only did he explain the geological conditions formed by the Antelope Valley in detail, he also took the initiative to show you how to take fantastic photos in the canyon with a mobile phone. I couldn’t follow the guide closely. Footsteps, many did not see.
Gran Dam
The Colorado River is the mother river of the western United States. Its status in the western United States is like the status of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River in our hearts. There are two famous dams on this river. One is the Hoover Dam, which is the first in the United States. The other dam is the Gran Dam, which is the second largest dam in the United States and is named after it was built in the Glen Canyon.
The Gran Dam is located in Arizona on the border with Utah. This place is barren and dry. In order to promote the development of this area, the U.S. government began to build a dam here in 1956, and began to store water in 1963. In addition to water storage, it is also used to generate electricity. The completion of the dam with a total of eight generator sets has not only provided this particularly arid area with abundant water resources but also sufficient electricity. The water and the inexhaustible energy have become thriving, and towns have sprung up with the completion of the reservoir.
There is a small hillside called Wahweap Overlook on Highway 89 from Gran Dam to Lake Powell. Cars can drive directly to the top of the slope and have a panoramic view of the entire pier.
lake powell
Lake Powell is named in honor of the first pioneer in the United States to float the river and propose the development of water conservancy. Its area is more than twice the size of Lake Mead. It has various red sandstones, stone arches, canyons and blue waves. The scenery far surpasses Lake Mead and has become a major national resort in the American Southwest.
Construction of Lake Powell began in 1956 with the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam, but it wasn’t truly completed until 1980, when water was introduced from the Colorado, San Juan and Escalante rivers. In the film Gravity, the final landing site was shot at Lake Powell, but the scenery around the lake is almost entirely computer-generated, and is very different from the desert scenery around Lake Powell.
Driving towards the pier, the visitor center staff at Grand Dam gave us a map and told us that we could drive to Lake Powell Resorts & Marinas, but I don’t know why it feels like there are no people there, except for a few works Cars, hardly anyone in sight Some people say that Lake Powell can be visited by boat, it feels like we are just a cargo terminal.
I saw several rabbits running around in the bushes. The speed was so fast that the camera didn’t have time to catch it and turned around inadvertently, but I suddenly found a cute rabbit sitting so firmly in the shade. I yelled for everyone to stop. Moved, slowly squatted down and took a few pictures, fortunately, the telephoto head just happened to be installed at hand.
I left Lake Powell and was about to return to the hotel. At the intersection, I encountered a police officer in uniform with a police light on. I was nervous. I immediately checked my driver’s license and translation and other documents. I found that the bag with the driver’s license was thrown at the hotel. Unlicensed driving is very serious in the United States. Fortunately, this is not a traffic policeman, but a park patrolman. He came to check the tickets for this national park. When he entered the park, he didn’t see anyone selling tickets, so he didn’t buy a ticket. , the handsome guy sees that I am a tourist and it is normal that I don’t know if I want to buy a ticket, so he asked me to go to the self-service ticket machine opposite to make up a ticket. I was afraid that I would not be able to use the machine. Get your driver’s license and go to the walmart in town to buy something to eat.
