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Our first stop at Canyon de Chelly National Monument was at the overlook to Mummy Cave, followed by the overlook to Massacre Cave..... Taken from OutdoorProject.com..... "Mummy Cave is the name of the ruin visible from the overlook. With over 80 rooms and three kivas, this is one of the...

ITTOG.....you probably know this by now, but Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee reads like a history book. I read it in spurts, but that's happening to me a lot these days, no matter what I'm reading. And I too love it whenever I stumble across a gathering of Native Americans..... Ace.....for me...

Just outside the door of the museum is the Window Rock Tribal Park..... .....and not too far beyond the sign lies Window Rock..... After a few hours spent touring in Window Rock, Arizona we continued driving north, further north into the Navajo Indian Reservation..... My original plan...

ITTOG.....not exactly.....I'm Vegetarian, so not that for sure..... So what was I reading that day when we drove into the Navajo Nation lands ? Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown.....seemed like an appropriate choice to me..... Our next stop was in Window Rock, Arizona, north of...

We continued driving along Highway 60......passing through the well known, big town of Show Low, Arizona.....here we picked up Highway 61, and now traveled in a distinctive northeast direction, eventually connecting with Highway 61. Our next stop was at Concho, Arizona where we found ourselves a...

And when the next sun rose.....it was time to hit the road again.....we continued to drive north..... From: ArizonaHighways.com Salt River Canyon..... "Like a Dickens novel or a Hitchcock movie, this classic drive is one worth repeating. The route crosses the river and several life zones, and...

On the summit, Tanner does what Tanner always does.....gives me that amazing summit shot..... Trapper.....she's just not into it.....she lies right down..... The next shot is a staged one.....I literally have to lift her up, scamper backwards, and snap the shot.....before she lies right...

I had planned to visit the Homestead Climbing Area the following day but I missed the turn off so we continued north on Highway 70, in Globe, Arizona we turned onto Highway 60 and continued driving north. Now I started looking at the random mountains along the way, constantly wondering if we...

Ace, Real Truck, jameswirl, Riversdad, Dougnuts, & mekcanix....thanks again for posting all that good stuff. It's always a pleasure to share our travels, to share my writings & to share my photos as well.....and I really do love to read all those kind comments.....you guys keep me thinking...

"And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share No one dared Disturb the sound of silence" "Fools" said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words...

They flew directly to the west.....eventually crossing the mountain chain in the distance..... We walked the entire circumference of the lake in total awe of the show provided by the Sandhill Cranes..... I cranked up the tunes...."The Sounds of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel was my...

ITTOG.....someone took a machete to that tree. Every branch was cut to a short length with a sharp ending, almost like spikes / swords pertruding from the trunk of the tree. And I agree with what you say about that last picture.....that's the Chiricahua Mountains that you see in the distance...

I took Tanner's advice and off we went to scramble in the rocks..... And just like that, the birds began to sing again.....and life was good again..... Maybe things weren't near as bad as I was thinking.....the birds were singing and we were right back to living that 1950's western movie...

Always Roaming.....it's still a beautiful state.....for me the key is to ignore all the noise. And, it's my pleasure..... Foy.....you got me ! I definitely did not have my thinking cap on when I posted that. I'm also not a paleontologist (I can't spell that one either). And yes, it's been good...

ITTOG.....Tanner truly is "awesome" and he's the perfect dog in every way. I never thought a dog could ever fill Yukons' paws, but he's done it in every way possible. Trapper, I love her to death, but she's a train wreck..... "The Prehistoric Trackways National Monument is located in the...

I left there early on the morning of the third day, a bit disappointed that we hadn't climbed, but I also thought to myself that I may return another day.....on another trip.....in another life..... So it was that we continued west.....next stop was Las Cruces, New Mexico to grab some well...

Intervals of rain, sleet and snow kept us close by the camper..... I would suggest that we snacked way too much during our rest..... But that just seems to go hand in hand when waiting out the weather..... We'd go out for walks but nothing crazy of course..... During the breaks...

Arjan.....indeed it is.....those white sands, well, they absolutely captivated me this time.....honestly, I hated to leave.....& you're welcome..... JohnIndenver.....there's a reason why it's called the"The Land of Enchantment" said a man I'd struck up a conversation with while visiting Las...

And we just kept on hiking..... Leashes are mandatory here.....not a problem.....I still loved it here..... We ended up spending an entire day here.....hiking nearly 13 miles before we finally headed on down the road.....westward.....

"Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world's largest gypsum dunefield. White Sands National Park preserves a...