Wow look at all this stuff OR Beauty is in the eyes of THIS beholder

We left Tucson, AZ on the 1st of May and arrived in Kayenta, AZ on the 2nd of May.  Kayenta is a city in the Navajo Nation.  The Navajo Nation's reservation includes much of Northeast Arizona; Northwest New Mexico and Southeastern Utah.  It covers 27, 425 square miles making it slightly larger than the state of Massachusetts.

The land there is lovely.  Barren to a large extent but amazing in its beauty.  Monument Valley is on the Navajo Reservation.  It is actually a Navajo Nation Park.  Here are some pictures.  (Many of them may seem familiar.  John Ford used to shoot many of his westerns in Monument Valley.)

Another beautiful area is Canyon de Chelly.  Below are some pictures of this "Mini Grand Canyon."

Also in Canyon de Chelly is an Anazasi ruin (a tribe that lived in the area BEFORE the Navajo).  I got one picture of this ruin:

We also had the opportunity to go to the Navajo National Monument.  This is the site of another, much larger, Anazasi ruin.  Two pictures are below.

Here are some other pictures from the Navajo National Monument.