Blogs from Navajo Nation Reservation, Arizona, United States, North America

I cleared the Kaibab N Forest (at House Rock) and landed in the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) Eastbound on AZ Hwy 89A heading for the Marble Canyon of the Colorado River by the town of Marble Canyon. I made a stop at the old House Rock Post Office and general store (both defunked) and saw the dirt road that takes a different route back to Fredona. The dominate feature all the way to the Colorado River is the Vermilion Cliffs on the North side. These large pinkish cliffs are a neat geologic formation. I followed 89A Eastbound and saw the neat Vermilion cliffs on the left side. It was a very nice day so I burnt mega-pixels on the way. There was a small town or village of Vermillion Cliffs there also. At the small ... read more

Et nous voici a notre dernière étape avant de retrouver Las Vegas et d'y reprendre l'avion pour le retour à la maison... En route mauvaise troupe puisque nous sommes le premier jour de l'année... Bonne année à vous... Meilleure année à nous ! Aujourd'hui nous nous laissons promener puisque les gorges de l'Antelop Canyon ne peuvent pas se visiter seuls... Elles se trouvent dans la partie qui appartient aux indiens Navajo... Pour mieux vous situer, lisez ceci : L'Antelope Canyon : « le lieu où l'eau coule à travers les rochers » La Nation navajo, aussi appelée Nation diné et anciennement réserve indienne de Navajo Nation, est un territoire semi autonome amérindien de 71 000 km2, occupant le nord-est de l’Arizona, le sud de l’Utah et le ... read more

What an awesome day! We spent most of the day driving through the Navajo Nation Reservation. Some interesting landscape that change from desert, to Painted Desert and back to desert, but with lots of greenery and trees that were beautiful bright golden yellow. The temperature was perfect with mid-70's and a slight chill in the breeze. The skies continue to be clear and blue with lots of sunshine. Coming from Seattle I feel like I am always comparing the weather with that, but I can stop as we now are living in the SW and it is always sunny! Our first stop in Navajo Nation was at the town of Chambers. Obviously we had to stop there. The Post Office was located at the corner of Route 66...see photo. I posted some post cards in the ... read more

The sun spins wide round and round Cross boulder and mountainside every day bringing new light new thoughts, new images as we ride A symphony of reds and browns surrounds me. The earth alive dripping from a tiny fracture in the bare stone splatters about Giving the plants insects and animals their fix. Earth's honey. Some traveling wisdom from Whitman: Traveling Souls Allons! Whoever you are come travel with me! Traveling with me you find what never tires. The earth never tires, The earth rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, Nature is rude and incomprehensible at first, Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things well envelop'd I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell Allons! We must not stop here, However sweet these laid-up stores, however convenient this dwelling ... read more

Here are some photos from canyon de chelly.... read more