Nita Rodriguez took a group of tourists through a narrow opening in a wall of red Navajo sandstone. Visitors pointed their cameras toward the light that shines down into Antelope Canyon — the often forgotten stepchild of the nearby Grand Canyon. "It’s been kind of busy," Rodriguez said. "Out of the blue there’s all kinds of companies we’ve never heard of that’s just popping up everywhere tour companies. They’re booking like 40-50 people at a time." The Navajo Tribe’s slot canyon has finally gotten the recognition it deserves as tour companies have had to come up with alternatives to the Grand Canyon — one of more than 300 national parks shut down by the federal government on Oct. 1.Get the Story:
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