Have you every visited A Slot Canyon, or Horseshoe bend? Just the other day I went on a tour to see both of these magical places. My family and I got on a big tan bus trailer, with open sides and a cloth roof that blew in the wind. The road was super bumpy because it was made of only dirt and gravel, but the view was amazing! A Slot Canyon gets it’s name because of it looking like a coin slot. It often gets very narrow and dark inside, with curved layers of rocks twisitng in and out ( it makes for the perfect picture ). The one us Hedgepeths visited was only 5 million years old. Water and wind had helped shape and deepen the canyon, but what strated it, before all that? You guessed it: ice! Snow would melt in the heat of the day and seep into and on top of the rocks. Then, in the cold of the night, it would freeze- and since that ice would be fragile, it cracked- creating the start of A Slot Canyon. Pretty cool, huh? Anyways, on to horseshoe bend: imagine a giant canyon, 1,000 feet down and nearly a mile across. It’s shaped like a horseshoe, and flowing through the bottom is the Colorado River. Be carefull! the rocks are softer than you think and easy to break. I did feel kind of scared when our tour guide announced that there were up to 12 types of deadly rattlesnakes, scorpions hiding under rocks, and multiple lizzards that were posionous to the touch. Not to mention that the nearest anti-venom treatment being three hours away ( most likely you wouldn’t survive that long ) and the nearest hospital being two hours away. It’s all good, though, if you compensate the amazing view of the mysteriously colorful island, decked with boats- something you might only see once in a lifetime.
Six of Us. Seizing the World. 