Another full day on the tour today starting with sunrise at the iconic overlook at Horseshoe Bend where the Colorado River (1,000 feet below the overlook) makes an almost 360 degree turn. The morning sun is just hitting the cliffs in the distance.

Then it was off to walk through Upper Antelope Canyon for some more colorful canyon light photographs. The image below has just a small portion of a light beam as it enters the canyon from above.

You are able to walk through Upper Antelope Canyon without having to descend any ladders.  This canyon is a little more open than Lower Antelope and easier to navigate.

Next we drove out to the Paria Townsite located in Utah within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.  This is an area where a number of movies have been filmed since the 1930s. It is a place with incredible  color and banding on the hillsides.  It was really spectacular.

At the end of this day, we hiked into the Rimrocks and Toadstools area of the Paria River Country for a sunset shoot.  One of the well-known features of this place is the Red Toadstool which I photographed in the after-sunset light glow.