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Mary Jane and Granny and Susie |
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RV Travel to Southwest Canyon Country |
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May 2004 |
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Page Five - Arizona and Colorado Navajolands |
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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park |
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Left and Right Mitten, Monument Valley |
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Totem Pole |
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A Navajo pony races by |
and Yei Bi Chei |
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Enormous rock dome with hole |
Ancestral Puebloan Petroglyph |
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Goulding's at Monument Valley
the site of many John Wayne westerns, including "Stagecoach" |
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Goulding's, established in 1924 and set against a huge red cliff, overlooks Monument Valley |
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Canyon de Chelly National Monument |
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Canyon de Chelly Face Rock to Spider Rock Panorama |
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Face Rock is in the far left looking at Spider Rock on the right |
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Face Rock |
Spider Rock, 800 feet tall |
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Living atop Spider Rock is Spider Woman, |
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the deity who taught the Navajo women how to weave. |
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After Face Rock informs Spider Woman of naughty children, |
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she carries the children to the top of Spider Rock. |
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Cliff dwelling and
Rock swirl patterns |
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White House |
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Marks on the wall show that at one time rooms at the lower level were built up to within four feet of the upper ruin |
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Mesa Verde National Park |
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Spruce Tree House
This 3rd largest cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde was built between A.D. 1200 and 1276 by the Anasazi, now called the Ancient Puebloans |
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Cliff Palace, the largest cliff dwelling in North America |
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Cliff Palace is accessible only by guided tour and involves climbing down and back up steep stone steps and ladders |
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Note the man looking inside the tower bottom opening ... |
... at right is the inside view looking up at art on the walls |
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Cliff Palace detail |
The only way back to the top |
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Highlights |
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Overview and highlights of the RV trip to Canyon Country |
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Oregon & California |
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Klamath Marsh & Klamath Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Complex |
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Mono Lake, California |
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High Sierras, California |
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Death Valley National Park, California |
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Nevada |
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Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada |
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Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada |
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Utah and Arizona Canyonlands |
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Zion National Park, Utah |
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Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Utah |
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Grand Canyon National Park North Rim, Arizona |
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More Utah Canyonlands |
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah |
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah |
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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah |
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Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah |
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Arizona and Colorado Navajolands |
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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah and Arizona |
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Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona |
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Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado |
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Utah and Wyoming and Idaho |
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Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Utah and Wyoming |
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Bear Lake and Gray's Lake, Idaho |
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Sawtooth Mountains and Salmon River, Idaho |
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