Thursday, March 15, 2007

Back Country Arizona

Leaving beautiful Holbrook Arizona for places north. I will end the day at Canyon De Chelly and I have no idea what to expect there. But on the way three stops should be interesting. The first stop will be the Petrified Forest National Park.

Will this be another "bunch of old rocks" visit? And riskier yet, will the adjacent Painted Desert be at all interesting after having visited some of the places I have to date?

Surprise, surprise, both were quite unique and very pretty. The light was pretty good to show them off as well.

After my visit of these two parks, I headed north to the Hubbell Trading Post. This is the oldest continually operating trading post and has been in operation since the 1870's. A special treat was watching Mary Begay weave a Navajo rug as she had been taught by her ancestors.

Pictures of each of these stops can be reached by clicking here. Enjoy!

But you can't forget the local petrified rock tourist trap:


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