Zion Naional Park and Horseshoe Bend

I decided to take yesterday off and do some advanced planning. I only had a vague ida of where I was going next, and no idea of where I would be staying, so a bit of organizing was in order. Today I got an early start from Las Vegas and was in Zion National Park by noon. In Zion, you have to take the park shuttle buses to get to some of the scenic viewpoints. They were crowded and hot, but I rode one up as far as I wanted to go, then got out to shoot and caught the downward shuttle to the next stop. Then I would catch the next shuttle again and go down one more stop to shoot. I managed to get all of what I wanted without having to wait too long for shuttles.

I departed Zion and headed to Page Arizona where I will spend 2 days. The only thing that I managed to get done today in Page was a sunset shot of Horseshoe Bend. I will shoot it again tomorrow in the daylight, and with the DJI Inspire. I will also shoot in some of the slot canyons on Navajo Land. You can’t go into the area without a Navajo guide, so I have arranged guides for Cathedral Canyon in the AM and Antelope Canyon in the afternoon. I will do Horseshoe Bend again in between the two canyon trips. It will be a busy day.

Zion from the high road:


Big Bend:


Like most canyons, a river runs through it:


Checkerboard Mesa:


The Horseshoe Bend cliffs at sunset:


Horseshoe Bend at Sunset: