December 2016 - Canyon de Chelly
We'd talked for years about stopping by Canyon de Chelly, and finally made it! Petroglyphs, cliff dwellings, and some really magnificent canyon walls.
We'd talked for years about stopping by Canyon de Chelly, and finally made it! Petroglyphs, cliff dwellings, and some really magnificent canyon walls.
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| Canyon de Chelly | A cave area full of petroglyphs | |
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| A hunting scene | A squiggly guy | |
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| The canyon wall | Another set of petroglyphs | A piece of canyon that reminds me of the Condor temple at Machu Picchu |
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| Cliff dwelling! | T-Rex Rock | |
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| Another cliff dwelling | A roadrunner petroglyph | The White House ruins |
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| The enormous, smooth, vertical wall that the dwelling is built into | An ancient path high up on a cliff face | |
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| An "island" in the canyon | Another incredibly tall wall with a cliff dwelling near its base | Our jeep tour through the canyon |
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| A piece of cliff dwelling with a large petroglyph next to it | A more modern petroglyph | |
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| The canyon from the rim | ||
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| A southwestern red-tailed hawk | A large set of ruins near the base of a very tall cliff face | |
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| Snow left on the parts of the canyon wall that are in perpetual shadow | ||
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| A fin | A western bluebird | |