Horseshoe Bend Page, AZ Within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and five miles downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell, the Colorado River takes a wide sweep around a sandstone escarpment in a 270º horseshoe-shaped curve in the canyon. Known as Horseshoe Bend this spot is easily one of the most photographed areas ...

Lower Antelope Canyon Page, AZ Gently carved and formed by the erosion of Navajo sandstone over the course of countless centuries, Antelope Canyon outside of Page, AZ is one of the most bewildering places on earth. Over time rainwater, particularly during flash flooding, ate away the passageways of the canyon, making the corridors deeper and ...

Upper Antelope Canyon Page, AZ Gently carved and formed by the erosion of Navajo sandstone over the course of countless centuries, Antelope Canyon outside of Page, AZ is one of the most bewildering places on earth. Over time rainwater, particularly during flash flooding, ate away the passageways of the canyon, making the corridors deeper and ...

Monument Valley Navajo Nation, Utah & Arizona Monument Valley had been on my list to visit and photograph for a long time. I had driven by on US 163 a few times, always mid-day on my way home from other adventures, but I finally set aside specific time to stop and get into the park ...

The 2016 American Southwest Road Trip Utah & Arizona American Southwest Road Trip - There are certain iconic images that I seem to see everywhere. Some I can shake out of my head pretty quickly, but others stick with me to the point of near-obsession. They become places that I simply need to go, see, ...

Some Quiet Days on the Grand Canyon North Rim Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona I was driving south across the Kaibab Plateau along Route 67 as I watched the rain slowly turn to sleet and the sleet quickly turn to snow. Visibility was minimal and even at 25 mph, the brakes on my jeep were ...

Lazy Days at the Grand Canyon Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona Lazy Days at the Grand Canyon - After hiking to the Colorado River on South Kaibab Trail and back up the Bright Angel Trail the day before, I’m fairly confident literally every single muscle in my body hurt as I stood at Mather Point ...

South Kaibab, Bright Angel Trail & the Death Zone Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona South Kaibab, Bright Angel Trail, & the Death Zone - The South Kaibab Trail was one of the more well-known trails in the Grand Canyon and very heavily traveled. It’s one that you can hike down 100’ simply for a different ...

Sunrise at Grandview Point Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona It was really hard getting out of bed as my alarm went off at 5:00 a.m. Really hard. But I could see the faint Nautical Twilight through the small window of my tent and knew I had to get up. My buddies told me to at ...