Antelope Canyon 2

I've included people in this photo to get a little perspective. In some parts of the canyon, you can stretch out your hands and touch both sides.

Antelope Canyon

You need a Navajo guide to get to Antelope Canyon, just a few miles from Lake Powell. The good news is the guides are very easy to find in nearby Page or at the entrance to the canyon.

Water slide

I wish I had taken this photo a split second faster, but it's still kind of fun. He's flying off the slide on the back of the houseboat.

Lake Powell Houseboat

Horseshoe Bend Overlook

If you've paged through any Arizona guidebook, you've seen this exact shot of the Colorado River. I hiked to the Horseshoe Bend Overlook on Friday to take this one. Horseshoe Bend is located just south of Lake Powell, near the Arizona-Utah border.

Flowers of the Palo Verde

Cardboard box destroyer!

My dog, Charlie, loves to rip apart cardboard boxes, especially soda boxes. As soon as he hears you unloading soda or trying to break down one of the boxes, he'll run up, steal the box out of your hand, and run around trying to keep it from you. When he gets tired, he rips it apart and leaves the mess, of course!