Four Corners, February 2004 - page 2

From Betatakin, we drove over to Canyon de Chelly.

The amazing Spider Rock. My friend Joe Adcock from college made one of the last legal ascents.

As if they have to tell us...

Canyon de Chelly is a bit of an odd Park. It is administered cooperatively between the Navajo Reservation and the National Park Service. Unlike Utah, there are a LOT of people living in the area - it's almost like being in the suburbs. There are roads up each side, with a number of viewpoints to look down into the canyon. There are people living in the canyon, and the floor of the canyon is only accessible in the company of a Navajo guide. A lot of Navajo history is found in the canyon. This is some Navajo rockart depicting horses from the 1800's.

We took the half day tour of the canyon floor in this Unimog with the greenhouse on top.

There are a number of large ruins on the canyon floor, including this one with the swastika.

And the famous White House Ruin.

Famous.

And here's looking down into the canyon from the south rim.