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Top scenic spots near Page, Arizona: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Lake Powell

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  Horseshoe Bend (Page, Arizona) Prior to our epic cross country road trip going from North Carolina to California during late November through early February, my wife and I had visited the state of Arizona on two separate occasions.  Our first visit was to Grand Canyon National Park , while our second visit was to the city of Phoenix . In both of our visits, the weather was brutal (May and September), easily going over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.  Because of the extreme heat, we remember those times not for the fantastic places we had visited, but more for the constant assault on our bodies from extreme heat of the Arizona sun. Arizona can be really hot 8 months out of the year.  Many locals we had spoken to during those visits constantly reminded us that the desert is at least not humid, like say the Deep South.   That , wasn’t much of a consolation, as we felt the heat anytime we stepped outside the air conditioned comfort of a hotel, a restaurant, or a retail store.   It was as if

Review of Antelope Canyon, Arizona: An extraordinary place sculpted by nature and one of the most incredible places in the world…

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  Antelope Canyon, Arizona Aristotle:  “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” I was first introduced to the Antelope Canyon thanks to one of my favorite YouTube channels, Adventure Archives .  In one of their episodes, a cross country trip going from Ohio to California, they made a stopover at Antelope Canyon which literally blew me away. I had never seen such beautiful colors inside canyons like that of Antelope Canyon .  There were colors like oranges, beiges, purples, browns, terracottas, and reds that didn’t seem to be of this world.  It felt like some alien species created the canyons as a marvelous work of art, to be enjoyed by everyone who are lucky enough to have found it. While planning our (my wife and I) epic cross country road trip going from North Carolina to California, we made sure we would add Antelope Canyon to our list of destinations.  We wanted to experience first hand, that magical place full of amazing colors that is truly world class. At