Saturday, October 5, 2019

Canyon de Chelly National Monument



The winds haven’t died down yet. There was a dust storm going on our drive to Canyon de Chelly.

Not that Chinle (the town right outside Canyon de Chelly) is small, but this was the scene we saw in town. The cool part is that three of these cattle walked on the sidewalk while the fourth kept to the right. So polite!

We’ve visited Canyon de Chelly before but wanted to see it again. I definitely remember seeing the 750’ high Spider Rock. There is a Navajo story that a goddess Spider Woman lived on top this spire.

The park has two drives along the rim of the canyon with overlooks to see the view and especially the ruins on the walls of the canyon. This one is called Junction Ruins.


Some of the park we didn’t see the first time including a few of the bigger ruins. Antelope house:

Mummy cave ruins. Cool tower!

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