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Canyon de Chelly -view from the top

C_de_c_rim_mummy_overlook_3 After spending the day in the canyon, the next day we drove the two rims and did the only hike into the  canyon that is allowed without a Navajo guide. It was awesome to see the same sights from the higher perspective.

There are three pulloffs (and five viewpoints) from the north rim drive. There are six or so frC_de_c_rim_white_house_2om the south  rim drive.

The hike to White House ruins, which we had seen on our  tour, was about a mile and one-half each way with a 550 foot elevation gain. The trail was well-used and in decent condition with lots of switchbacks. Water, hats and sunscreen are advised but iInevitably we saw lots of "hikers" with no water and wearing flip flops! They made it, but.... Shown here is the view from the top. The next photo shows the swirling sandstone we C_de_c_rim_hike_to_wh_3 passed on our hike.

Looking down you can get see the farms along the rivers. The ruins look tiny. On the south rim we looked down on Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly, which is 800 feet tall! At this point the canyon walls are about 1000 feet high.

We stayed in the park campgrounC_de_c_rim_spider_rock_2d. Even though our friend Lloyd had not been able to use his Aircard, we had thought we might get an Internet signal with ours because we had a strong cell phone signal plus we have an amplifier and Wilson antenna. We finally figured out that there was no data signal. We had parked in Loop #3, a little far from the Lodge which did have free Wi-Fi. Every once in a while the signal would come through, but when a lot of people were on I had to drive up to the lodge, park outside and use my computer in the truck. (I probably could have gone in the cafeteria if I had wanted to order something.)

On to Chaco Canyon. As you read, we had our third tire problem in less than a year. It didn't happen in the best of spots but the tire held long enough to get to a school yard to change it. More from Chaco. Jaimie Hall-Bruzenak    Photos by George Bruzenak

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