We woke up early and headed out to Flagstaff. D agreed to stop at Cracker Barrel so K could get her "fix". While they were inside enjoying eggs, ham, grits, and biscuts and gravy - we waited in the trailer. By the time they were finished with breakfast - it was really cold and snowing! We love the snow!
We drove for several hours in the snow heading north and east and towards our next destination of Monument Valley on the Arizona/Utah border.
Once we arrived there - we set up camp at Goulding's trading post - in the heart of the Navajo nation. It's funny - there are several radio stations that are... All Navajo... All the time! If you've never heard the Navajo language spoken... it's very interesting. K said she wasn't sure they used all 26 letters of the English alphabet. Like other foreign languages - there are just some words that don't translate into Navajo... like "parking lot". There was a commerical playing and it went like this... jlopweryhb lwjerieoeru parking lot ljolwieurij lowehernpdit. Really!
We went for a drive into the Navajo tribal park. It was a beautiful drive (although VERY rough dirt road)that wove between the monuments. Now these aren't monuments like in Washington, DC., they are just called monuments. They are large rock formations that seem to rise up out of the ground.
This was at the tail end of the storm...
And another...
We're always on the hunt for a square rock for Pam back at the office - but this is just plain crazy.
That's it for today... see you tomorrow.
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