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Old 25th Aug 2015, 06:44
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India Four Two
 
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Day 6 - Grand Canyon to Kingman

I got up at 5:00am for a 6:30 departure from the airport. My first flight in a Caravan (Grand Canyon Airlines)


We zig-zagged across the canyon as we flew to Page, at the south end of Lake Powell.

Movie screen-grabs:

Horseshoe bend


Glen Canyon dam at the south end of Lake Powell


We drove to Antelope Canyon near Page in one of these very suspect trucks


Antelope Canyon is a "slot canyon". Very narrow but over 100' high. During flash floods, the water level can rise over 50'




We then went to the dam and drove down the two mile, unlighted access tunnel to get to our rafts


Glen Canyon Dam





1500' cliffs


Stop to view pictographs


Pronghorn antelope


Some people went for a swim - I declined - the water is 7° C, because it comes from the bottom of Lake Powell



We docked at Lee's Ferry at about 3pm and then took a bus back to the Grand Canyon airport arriving at 5pm. I then drove 160 miles to Kingman and overnighted. A long day.

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