After a night of uneasy sleep, because of the tipi almost flying away, we got up at 6 Am to see the sunrise. Unfortunately, it was too cloudy, so no sunrise for us that day 🙁 Since we were already awake, we decided to get in the car and drive towards Arizona.
We drove for a couple of hours, before stopping at the Twin Rocks Café, in Bluff, a small Navajo town in Utah. A couple of pancakes and some coffee later, we got in the car again.
Just before entering Arizona we drove through Monument Valley, which is part of the Colorado Plateau.
In Arizona, we headed straight to the Antelope Canyon, where we went on a guided tour along with a couple of hundred Asian tourists… The place was a bit of a tourist-trap, but also one of the most beautiful sights ever. The guided tour took about an hour and a half, and was very amazing.
After the Antelope Canyon, we drove a little further to see the Lake Powell, named after the man who explored and mapped out the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River, back in 1869.
We then drove of to Flagstaff, where we had booked a room for the night.
Jannie
Efter en noget urolig nattesøvn, fordi vi frygtede at vores tipi ville flyve væk, stod vi op for at se solopgangen kl 6:08. Desværre var det alt for overskyet til at se noget, så vi fik ikke nydt synet af solen der stod op den dag 🙁 Men eftersom vi allerede var vågne, besluttede vi os for at hoppe i bilen og køre mod Arizona.
Vi kørte i et par timer, inden vi stoppede i Bluff, som er en lille by ejet af Navajo indianerne. Her spiste vi morgenmad på Twin Rocks Cafe inden vi kørte videre.
Lige før vi kørte ind i Arizona, passerede vi Monument Valley, som er en del af Colorado Plateauet.
I Arizona kørte vi målrettet mod Antelope Canyon, hvor vi tog på en guidet tur, sammen med ca 100 asiatiske turister… Stedet var lidt af en turistfælde, men samtidig en virkelig smuk og stor oplevelse. Turen tog ca halvanden time og var ret flot.
Efter Antelope Canyon kørte vi lidt videre, for at se Lake Powell, som er en sø opkaldt efter den mand som kortlagde Grand Canyon og Colorado floden, tilbage i 1869.
Til sidst kørte vi til Flagstaff hvor vi skulle overnatte.
Jannie