Tag: canyon de chelly
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Exploring Gorgeous Canyon de Chelly in Northeastern Arizona 3/3
[Story continued from Part 2] Flute music echoed in the chilly morning air. Howard strolled by with coffee in hand saying “good morning” to all of the campers. I served up a bland breakfast of eggs and toast. From the campground, we hiked three miles roundtrip to the canyon ridge where we could appreciate Ledge ruin. Once…
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Exploring Gorgeous Canyon de Chelly in Northeastern Arizona 2/3
[Story continued from Part 1] After lunch we drove over to the north rim and planned to hit all of the overlooks. Like an amateur, I forgot my long lens at home and cursed myself every time I couldn’t get a closer shot of the distant ruins. The quarter-mile hike to view the Antelope House…
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Exploring Gorgeous Canyon de Chelly in Northeastern Arizona 1/3
From White House Overlook the 80-room White House Ruin, inhabited between 1040 A.D. and 1275 A.D., appeared to be swallowed by the massive burnt orange canyon wall. We hiked 600 feet down to the canyon floor passing smooth sandstone buttes along the way that looked something straight out of National Geographic Magazine. Stunning and unearthly.…
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