Canyon de Chelly: Part 3: Canyon del Muerto

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

Famed photographer Ansel Adams once described Canyon de Chelly as the most beautiful place on earth.  After his first visit to the area in 1937, he wrote to his wife Virginia, that “The Canyon de Chelly exceeds anything I have imagined at any time!” And he was...

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!) Click any photo to expand the image to...

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 Click any photo to expand the images to full-screen. DUCK ROCK We got back in my Jeep and...

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...