The forecast was even more grim for the Utah National Park area, where the mercury plummeted to 6 degrees the night I passed through! Discretion being the better part of valor I chose to rent an automobile, not a motorcycle, for this excursion. Though daytime temperatures in the Arizona desert were hovering around 50 degrees, the nighttime hours brought temps in the 20’s. It became apparent that Mother Nature was not going to be kind to me. As the convention drew to a close I started studying the weather forecasts for the region. I have rented motorcycles out of Las Vegas numerous times in the past so the best laid plan was to do so again…spending a few days exploring this territory that falls 200-300 miles northeast of “Sin City”. The slot canyons of Page, Arizona and Zion National Park, in nearby Springdale, Utah, had been on my bucket list radar for quite some time. After five days of intense educational programs, competitions, trade show exploration, awards ceremonies and even a wee bit of partying, I set aside some time in my calendar for some exploration.Ī convention in Las Vegas provided the perfect opportunity to travel to the slot canyons I was in Las Vegas, Nevada at the end of February for the annual WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) convention and trade show. Sadly the experience did not revolve around a motorcycle adventure.

I visited Page, Arizona in March of 2015 with the explicit purpose of visiting these marvels of nature.

Lower antelope slot canyon tour