Canyon de Chelly: Where Canyons Collide

by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Travel, Tribal Lands

This is the fifth and final page of a longer article about Canyon de Chelly. If you’d like to begin at the beginning, click the button to return to Page 1: Click to return to Page 1 CASTLES IN CAVES IN THE CLIFFS! (OH, MY!) FIRST RUIN We skirted around the end...

Canyon de Chelly: Kokopelli and the Lightning Spear

by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Travel, Tribal Lands

This is the fourth page of a longer article about Canyon de Chelly. If you’d like to begin at the beginning, click the button to return to Page 1: Click to return to Page 1 DUCK ROCK We got back in my Jeep and drove for a bit, though not too far. It was a...

Canyon de Chelly: Ancient Stories Etched in Stone

by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Travel, Tribal Lands

This is the third page of a longer article about Canyon de Chelly. If you’d like to begin at the beginning, click the button to return to Page 1: Click to return to Page 1 PETROGLYPH ROCK A short distance from Newspaper Rock, just a few steps away along the base...

Canyon de Chelly: A Timeless Journey into the Heart of the Navajo Nation

by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Travel, Tribal Lands

This is the second page of a longer article about Canyon de Chelly. If you’d like to begin at the beginning, click the button to return to Page 1: Click to return to Page 1 I’m an Arizona native with a background in anthropology, and I’ve always been fascinated...

Canyon de Chelly: Part 2: Chinle Wash to the Junction

by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Travel, Tribal Lands

The high desert of the Colorado plateau is a vast territory, an all but empty landscape edged by sere, weathered mountains. There are few towns, but there are many lonely homesteads, tiny communities of doublewides and ramshackle prefabs, some with a six-sided hogan,...

Canyon de Chelly: The North Rim Drive

by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Travel, Tribal Lands

This is the 4th and final Page of a longer article: Click here to return to Page 1 Most visitors to Canyon de Chelly National Monument focus the bulk of their attention on the South Rim Drive, but in my view, your trip simply won’t be complete if you don’t...

Canyon de Chelly: Overlooking the White House

by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Travel, Tribal Lands

This is Page 3 of a longer article: Click here to return to Page 1 WHITE HOUSE OVERLOOK UPDATE   UPDATE   SEPTEMBER 2024   UPDATE   UPDATE White House Overlook and Trail to reopen in 2025! After a “temporary closure” that has extended for nearly five...

Canyon de Chelly: The South Rim Drive

by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Road Trips, Travel, Tribal Lands

This is Page 2 of a longer article: Click here to return to Page 1 THERE ARE SEVEN OVERLOOKS ON THE SOUTH RIM OF THE CANYON: Indian Route 7 begins at the turnoff from US 190, and serves as the main road in the Navajo town of Chinle. If you follow it headed east, it...

Canyon de Chelly: Part 1: The Rim Drives

by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Road Trips, Travel, Tribal Lands

Canyon de Chelly (“D’Shay”) is a geological marvel of the first order, a hidden treasure, tucked away in a remote section of the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona. It’s one of the more striking features of the Colorado Plateau, where sediments from an ancient...

Mexican Road Trip: How to Plan and Prepare for a Drive to the Yucatan

by Richard Quinn | Nov 4, 2023 | Mexico, Road Trips, Travel

People who don’t live in Mexico tend to assume, based on what they see on the news, that the whole country is unsafe for road trips. Ask just about anyone, and they’ll tell you that driving your own vehicle anywhere south of the border is foolishly risky....