Southwest USA Trip - Canyon De Chelly
June 22, 2003
By Dan Hyde

Canyon De Chelly (pronounced "Canyon de Shay") is a National Monument in the middle of the Navajo Nation Reservation. Navajo farmers still farm the land on the floor of the Canyon. The Canyon is famous for it beautiful rock formations.

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Jan and Mary Jane in Front of Hogan at Entrance to Canyon De Chelly National Monument

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The Red Rock of the Canyon. The Valley Floor is Still Farmed.
Note that this image and others were rescanned from an inkjet print after my hard drive died.
This is why the colors are a little off and the quality is less.

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Closeup of Valley Floor and Red Rock

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One of Many Overlooks Shows a Farm on the Valley Floor

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Closeup of the Farm

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View of Canyon from One of the Many Overlooks

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Scotty Loved this Calf by the Side of the Road

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