April 2014 Canyon de Chelly

After spending the morning at Antelope Canyon, we continued our scenic drive along Route 98 until we came upon Canyon de Chelly.








Canyon de Chelly National Monument was established on April 1, 1931 as a unit of the National Park Service. It is located in northeastern Arizona within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation.

A lot of interesting ruins and formations were along the scenic drive in the Canyon area.

Sunset as we left Canyon de Chelly

We spent the better part of the afternoon and into the evening exploring Canyon de Chelly. Consequently, as we began our drive to Gallup, NM it got very dark very quickly. Luckily there was another car on the road heading south so we followed them pretty closely. We were traveling about 50 mph when he suddenly slowed to a stop in the middle of nowhere, we couldn't figure out what he was doing but all of a sudden there was a cow beside the road munching on some grass. I could have stuck my arm out the window and petted him, scared the crap out of us. After that there were no more incidents on our way to Gallup. However, it was pretty late when we arrived and we had to settle for a crappy hotel for the night.

The next night we splurged on a place in Amarillo, TX and had a great dinner. We continued our journey back to Nashville spending the last night on the road in Russellville, AR. It was a great trip from start to finish. We had wonderful weather for our travels, we got to spend time with the Pfaff's in CA and we saw some beautiful scenery.