Year: 2011
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Ten Years After
in: Observation
On our way to Monument Valley we stopped off at the Navajo National Monument to see the ruins of an Ancient Pueblo People Village. Until recently these people were commonly known as the Anasazi but this is actually a Navajo term meaning ancient enemy. One of our Navajo guides suggested the term was more derogatory.…
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Rainbow Bridge
in: Travel
We visited it. To get there no longer requires a multi-day hike through canyons etc. It’s a two hour boat ride across Lahe Powell, followed by a five minute walk. With a 7:30 departure we were back at the hotel by 12:30. With some lunch in our bellies we drove into Utah to see the…
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Page
in: Travel
We arrived in Page, Arizona at about 11:30AM. Our planned rafting ride down the Colorado was scheduled to start at 1:00; we were asked to be there 30 minutes early. We left our hotel in the Grand Canyon at about 4:45AM. We stopped at Lupin Point, Navajo Point and Desert View (all within the…
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Burning the Candle at Both Ends
in: Travel
We started our first full day with an early morning, pre-dawn march along the Kaibab Trail. This followed catching the sunset at Mohabe Point the night before. Kaibab Trail is good; spectacular views and before 7:00AM on a bright day, the light is perfect. The trail is short at about 2 km return with an…
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Grand Canyon
in: Travel
We left Sendona early in the morning and drove up to Flagstaff, turning on to highway 180 to highway 64 entering the park from the south entrance. We arrived early, around 9:00. That gave us a full day to cover Bright Angle Trail, the central part of the Rim Trail and then take in the…