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A NPS Monument in a Nation in a Country – Canyon de Chelly National Monument
A long-time home for the Navajo, Canyon de Chelly still houses several Navajo people. Oddly enough, Chelly means "canyon", so Canyon de Chelly translates to something like Canyon of a canyon. But it's an odd place, seeing as how the US... -
The Balance of Sacred Tourism – Monument Valley
After possibly one of my favorite nights camping under the stars, we continued South towards Monument Valley. The road took us through a town called Mexican Hat, which we both found amusing, until we passed through town and saw exactly ... -
The Sun Only Shines at Noon – Antelope Canyon
After seeing what a big river can carve into sandstone, it was time for us to visit our most anticipated feature in the area, Antelope Canyon. As people without internet who only search the next 3-4 days down the road, we frankly just g... -
It’s Either Arizona or Texas – Horseshoe Bend
Having gotten to better know the US' most famous v-shaped feature, we cut across the Southern part of the Vermillion cliffs, windows down and music up. There was something about that experience and those cliffs that went straight into t... -
The Steeper Side – Grand Canyon North Rim
With a new idea of natural respect, we headed back to the Grand Canyon as it was now open. We didn't think about all the other people who were also waiting and spent a good hour in line with everyone else who went to the North rim on th... -
Little Home on the Unforgiving Desert – Pipe Spring National Monument
After giving the van a six hour sand bath, it was time to succeed in something, so we headed towards the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We arrived in the little town of Jacob Lake, at the turn-off towards the park, to find all the campg... -
Execution vs. Preparation – White Pocket
Filled with the majesty of rocks and space, we pressed on towards the Utah-Arizona border. We knew we were going to loop around the Vermillion Cliffs and so decided to visit Horseshoe Bend later. Instead, we camped out by Lake Powell, ... -
When a Million Words is Too Few – The Grand Canyon
With one of the cultural relics of the area better understood, it was time to better understand the geological one, the Grand Canyon. Our first problem: we didn't have a place to camp. We knew of some wild camping spots outside the park... -
The Tall House – Wupatki
We were happy to leave the shopping mall that is Sedona and where most people probably head into Flagstaff when they travel North, we breezed through to see the Wuptaki National Monument. It's a drive and very far out of the way, but wh... -
The Vortex – Sedona
Phoenix was the last large city we planned to visit for a while, so we stared wild camping and the Southwest in the face and said: Let's do this. Montezuma Castle Our first stop North was to see more cliff dwellings (there are lots of th... -
Go Chasing Fireflies – Phoenix
Down from the Tonto National Forest we came for a couple of days in Phoenix. We didn't do much aside from see friends and go out to dinner with an ex-coworker, which I'm not going to post about. We did one thing that I've always wanted... -
Bandits in the Hills – Tonto National Forest
With the horizontal rock forest in our rear-view mirror, we headed West towards Phoenix to see friends and ex-coworkers. Always ones to avoid major freeways and with Flagstaff on the docket after Phoenix, we opted to drive South and ent... -
Gravity is the Sawblade – Petrified Forest National Park
After a glimpse of the old Spanish West, our travels took us further West in Arizona. We camped in Gallup near Red Rock park, a wonderful place to spend a day or two and walk up a dry (season dependent), interesting canyon. It's probab...
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