So Antelope Canyon is the most famous, but these other two canyons were beautiful in their own right and I am so glad that we went!
I even spotted a snake in Owl Canyon. It was hiding in the tumbleweed when I saw it as we were climbing down and out. When I pointed it out to the guide ("Oh look! A snake!"), he immediately pulled me back. It was then that I knew it wasn't a benign snake but it was only later that the group found out it was a Mojave Green - the most venomous of the rattlesnakes - and also one of the largest he had seen. Thank goodness it was still morning and in the shade - it was frozen. Which is probably why it didn't get any of us on the way in! Yup, you read that correctly. We all walked by that tumbleweed on our climb into the canyon and thank goodness no one disturbed it at that time. Phew!
I even spotted a snake in Owl Canyon. It was hiding in the tumbleweed when I saw it as we were climbing down and out. When I pointed it out to the guide ("Oh look! A snake!"), he immediately pulled me back. It was then that I knew it wasn't a benign snake but it was only later that the group found out it was a Mojave Green - the most venomous of the rattlesnakes - and also one of the largest he had seen. Thank goodness it was still morning and in the shade - it was frozen. Which is probably why it didn't get any of us on the way in! Yup, you read that correctly. We all walked by that tumbleweed on our climb into the canyon and thank goodness no one disturbed it at that time. Phew!
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