Red Dirt everywhere. We'll really have to wash Bonnie. She's no longer a buff color. And Norm's white hat isn't white anymore!
We took an open jeep/truck tour all around Monument Valley so we could both see well and learn about it. The Navaho guide took us to his grandmother's Hogan, where we saw her spin sheep's wool and grind corn. He was good at telling us all about the Navaho Reservation and it's activities.
Then we bumped all through the valley on red dirt roads- into Arizona too. It was very windy and dusty. We loved it though. I took more photos but this gives you a good idea. Along the way we saw Navahos living in small houses or hogans.
Our campground is in Utah- what a view.
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| Navaho guide's grandmother cards and pulls Sheep's wool into yarn. One sheep gives them 15 balls of rug yarn |
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| Lucy grinds corn |
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| This was beside the Hogan Lucy uses. |
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| Now we're in Arizona |
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| Navaho's sold jewelry at this stop. The man in the middle was the one on horseback. The girl is his daughter. About 15 families live in Monument Valley. Brothers cousins, etc. |
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| All of the Buttes have names- such as"Elephant", "The Three Sisters", "Camel" etc. |
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| This IS what it looks like. Amazing!! Left one is "Left Mitten". Center one is "Right Mitten" . Right on is "Merrick's Bute". Merrick was a soldier with Kid Carson who was killed by the Indians for stealing silver. |
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| We passed this friendly Navaho and his son. |
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| A Navaho girl getting her High School Graduation Photo taken |
Tonight we watched a 1938 John Wayne movie, "Stagecoach" at the little movie theatre here. This is the American West!
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