Well, it has happened again! I'm in a rush to finally finish a blog post, not because it is long over due, but because I am about to depart on another adventure. So, this summation will be all too brief but it will cover the end of a trip that was altogether wonderfully rewarding and afforded me the opportunity to see a part of the U.S. which I had only seen in movies and on T.V. (when it was still worth watching).
The remainder of the tour consisted of a wonderfully scenic drive through Monument Valley, site of more cowboy and indian movies than anyone can calculate. It is surprisingly comforting to discover that such natural beauty really exists without benefit of GCI and whatever other high-tech magic drives the movie industry today. On our way, we visited a wonderful archaeological museum called Edge of the Cedars, which contains the largest collection of intact Ancestral Puebloan pottery in the Four Corners area. There was also a stop at Goulding's Trading Post, an historic link to the early encounters and exchanges between the Navajo Nation and the white man.
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| Edge of the Cedars Museum |
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| A Scene from Monument Valley from Goulding's Trading Post |
We were headed in earnest for the Grand Canyon and Lake Powell. This necessitated a journey through Navajo Land, an example of which is shown below.
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| A view of Navajo Land from the bus |
It is hard to believe that anyone could successfully live and thrive is such a desolate place. Yet, history can testify the the Navajo Nation has done exactly that for centuries.
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