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Farewell to Indian Country (We'll try to do it all again next year!)

The Trip Would Not End (Even as we reached Los Angeles, where I live, we were reminded of Indian Country as we moved along in heavy traffic behind a truck from the Navajo shipping line. I pulled out my little point-and-shoot camera and made the photo as we inched forward.)

Church of San Felipe de Neri (In Old Town, Albuquerque
(I used the Find Edges filter in Photoshop to create the painterly look))

Neon at the El Don Motel, Albuquerque

Neon! (The El Vado is a quaint throwback to days of yore along Route 66, just south of the Albuquerque city center.)

El Vado Motel, Albuquerque (After visiting Chaco, we returned to Albuquerque. We spent the night in the motel that looks much as it did in the 1930s, when travelers made their way east and west along famed Route 66.)

Kiva and Shadow Figure, Chaco Canyon

Rooms at Chaco Canyon

Receding Doorways, Chaco Canyon

Chaco Canyon - Pueblo Bonito (From Mesa Verde we travled to Chaco, with its extensive ruins that predate any of those found at Mesa Verde.)

Detail, Pinyon Pine

Cliff Place Close-Up

Cliff Palace from Viewing Point

Cliff Palace (The drive along the mesa tops in the park provides some dramatic views of the cliff dwellings.)

Square Tower Ruins, Mesa Verde (We spent part of the day exploring the ruins at the national park.)

Spruce House (One kiva - at Spruce House in Mesa Verde National Park has been restored. It's possible to climb down into the kiva here.)

Rainbow over Mesa Verde (En route to Mesa Verde National Park.)

Shiprock and Cattle Drive (A pick-up truck drives the cattle, which are dwarfed beneath massive Shiprock.)

Rain Over Shiprock (Past the Chuska Mountains, we reached massive Shiprock, an enduring symbol of the American southwest.)

Near Lukachukai (Fantasic red-topped mesas vied with the storm clouds for our attention.)

Goat and Sheep (Near the community of Lukachukai, AZ)

Dog, Sheep, Lukachukai Mountains ("Move along here, folks, there's nothing to see!" The sheep dog turned his charges toward the Chuska Mountains (over which we would soon travel) while he kept a wary eye on us.)

Deer and Ducks (After leaving Canyon de Chlley, we stopped to watch a deer, which in turn watched us, along the highway between the communities of Chinle and Lukachukai.)

Horse near Canyon de Chelly

Charcoal Drawings, Canyon de Chelly

Petroglyphs, Canyon de Chelly

Rock Wall and Melted Gold, Canyon de Chelly

Weird Formation in Canyon De Chelly

Cottonwood Leaf, Canyon de Chelly

Gold in Canyon de Chelly

Bottom of Canyon de Chelly

One Man - Two Views (Our excellent guide, George, steered us through Canyon de Chelly.)

Birds Eye View, Canyon del Muerto (This view looks down from the north rim over Canyon del Muerto, part of Canyon de Chelly National Monument.)

Storm Light over Canyon del Muerto (Waves of hail washed over Canyon del Muerto (part of Canyon de Chelly National Monument), but holes in the clouds allowed the sun to light up portions of the canyon.)

Morning Over Canyon de Chelly

Overlooking Spider Rock (I climbed to an outcropping for a closer view of the famed spire that juts up in Canyon de Chelly.)

Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly (Besides enjoying the astounding site of the 800-foot high spire, we drank in the sounds of a whinneying herd of horses and the howling of coyotes - the latter invisible to us - at the bottom of the canyon.)

Navajos at Canyon de Chelly (We traveled from the Hubble Trading Post to the little town of Chinle and the nearby Canyon de Chelly National Monument. These men hoped to sell paintings and jewelry to tourists - of which there were very few this day - atop the north rim of the monument.)

Wagon Wheel, Hubble Trading Post

Barn, Hubble Trading Post, AZ (The Hubble Trading Post looks much as it did well over a century ago.)

Tomahawk Bar, east of Gallup, NM (We saw this bar as we traveled to the charming El Rancho Hotel-Motel in Gallup.)

Saint Stephens Church, Acoma

Horse-Hair Pottery (Artisan Irvin Louis and one of his beautiful pots, in Acoma.)

Pottery at the Yellow Corn Shop

Pottery at Acoma (The artisans at Acoma are known for their black-on-white pottery. But a walk through the pueblo reveals that pottery can be any color.)

Screen Door, Adobe Wall, Acoma

Screen Door Detail, Acoma

Watch that First Step!

Ready for Winter

Wall, Window, Corn Decorations (The buildings in Acoma are made of adobe. The pueblo has changed little over many centuries, with residents voting down gas heating and electric lighting.)

New Mexican Chiles, Acoma

Kiva Ladder, Acoma (The pueblo of Acoma, "The Sky City," sits on a mesa top 375 feet above the desert floor. This was the first stop of our Indian Country tour.)

Welcome to New Mexico (In Reflection) (Our Indian Country journey began in New Mexico. I discovered this picture in a reflection by the side of the road.)

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