The main difference between traveling with a tour company and traveling independently is that the guided trip provides experiences.  One of these is camping.  We camp out two of the ten nights on Best of the West trip.  We provide all equipment and we make sure you get a shower the next day.   Sure we could stay at a Holiday Inn at Page or Chinle but instead we camp a night on Lake Powell and another inside Canyon de Chelly.   It’s magical to watch the last rays turn the buttes afire on Powell and to hear the coyotes call inside de Chelly.

On last year’s Best of the West in August we lay outside our tents mesmerized by the annual Perseids meteor shower.  Its fun to sit around the fire and hear Daniel’s stories of his Navajo ancestors and especially wonderful to leap into Lake Powell at first light.

Almost everyone tells horrendous camping stories  from their past – most involving awful weather.  The Southwest summer weather is perfect for camping.

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