In my last post, I had said that I had skipped past two great hikes. This post covers the second hike I had neglected to write about.

I woke up the next morning after visiting Zion, and remembered I was very close to a cool hike called Peek-A-Boo Slot Canyon. I visited this canyon several years ago and it was so beautiful. Sadly at the time I didn’t get any good photos because I didn’t have the right camera setup. I had a mirrorless camera with a terrible crop factor and no wide-angle lens.

This time I have an awesome camera setup with a 16 mm wide-angle lens. This canyon is very difficult to get to due to very deep sand. So I needed to have a tour company pick me up and take me there. With this in mind, I started calling some tour companies to see if any of them could accommodate me and Maddie last minute. And I found one! And at half-price too because they weren’t busy this time of year.

I had a couple hours to kill before my tour started. So I went to the nearby restaurant and ordered me a delicious breakfast!

I had a wonderful tour guide that was very knowledgeable about the canyon. He had been visiting this slot canyon for almost 30 years. He told me about changes he had seen over the years.

I think my favorite hikes are slot canyons. I’m just fascinated by the geology and elements that have to come together to create a deep canyon. The sandstone comes alive when the sunlight bounces off the walls.

The walls started getting taller and the trail more narrow. Maddie loved her first hike in a slot canyon. She just loved running ahead and then running back to me.

My guide took a picture of Maddie and I deep in the canyon.

Some of the walls have eroded into cool shapes. My guide pointed out several to me. Most of them were difficult to photograph but I was able to get a great photo of the formation that looks just like a big fish with its mouth open.

We went deeper and deeper into the canyon. Every twist and turn showing new beauty to see.

Many of the slot canyons in the southwest were used by Native Americans hundreds of years ago. They would use the shelves created by the erosion to store food stuffs and other items. You can tell when a shelf had been used by the ancients by the toe holds carved into the walls of the canyon.

I hope you enjoyed my little tour of Peek-A-Boo Slot Canyon. It’s a great place to see if you are in the area.

My tour guide asked to take one last photo of me before we left. I hadn’t even noticed this tiny little diamond-shaped hole in the side wall. It made a unique frame for a photo of me.

My next post we will be back on track on my never ending road trip!