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Monument Valley; Indian maidens arise and prepare for a day of grinding corn.
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The Navajo do not favor paved roads. On this day, the following, and the road to Chaco which crosses Navajo land we had to endure bone-jarring ride and a shameful dust cloud. Noriko announced "I don't want to stay in regular hotels all the time." She also disdains AirBnB. So she found the most unusual accommodations in the whole BnB database. | ||
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"Valley of the Gods" or "Little Monument Valley"
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1008 _18Sep29-SW18_1309 "Any landscape is improved by the insertion of self." (Apparently)  |
1009 _18Sep29-SW18_1310  |
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371 _18Sep29-SW18_1248  |
372 _18Sep29-SW18_1249  |
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Namesake of the village of "Mexican Hat"
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375 _18Sep29-SW18_1318  |
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Monument Valley
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378 _18Sep29-SW18_1441  |
380 _18Sep29-SW18_1458 "Three Sisters"  |
380 _18Sep29-SW18_1502  |
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381 _18Sep29-SW18_1532  |
381 _18Sep29-SW18_1533  |
383 _18Sep29-SW18_1542  |
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1013 _18Sep29-SW18_1426  |
1016 _18Sep29-SW18_1427a "Any landscape is improved by the insertion of self." (Apparently)  |
1018 _18Sep29-SW18_1429 "Any landscape is improved by the insertion of self." (Apparently)  |
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1020 _18Sep29-SW18_1432  |
1021 _18Sep29-SW18_1434  |
1022 _18Sep29-SW18_1436  |
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1024 _18Sep29-SW18_1518  |
1025 _18Sep29-SW18_1519  |
1045 _18Sep29-SW18_1649  |
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1025 _18Sep29-SW18_1524 For $5 you get your picture taken astride this beautiful, docile horse. The goofy white men line up to do it.  |
1026 _18Sep29-SW18_1524a  |
1027 _18Sep29-SW18_1527  |
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1028 _18Sep29-SW18_1551  |
1029 _18Sep29-SW18_1553  |
1030 _18Sep29-SW18_1603  |
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1038 _18Sep29-SW18_1628a  |
1041 _18Sep29-SW18_1643  |
1042 _18Sep29-SW18_1646 Any landscape is improved by the insertion of self."  |
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1044 _18Sep29-SW18_1647  |
1047 _18Sep29-SW18_1711  |
1048 _18Sep29-SW18_1712  |
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1049 _18Sep29-SW18_1717a  |
1050 _18Sep29-SW18_1719  |
1051 _18Sep29-SW18_1721  |
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1052 _18Sep29-SW18_1734a  |
1053 _18Sep29-SW18_1813 Escaping the frenzy of the gift shop interior.  |
1055 _18Sep29-SW18_1814  |
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Overnight with Navajo
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1058 _18Sep29-SW18_1840a The household includes many animals, to Kay's delight.  |
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1059 _18Sep29-SW18_1905  |
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1059 _18Sep29-SW18_1906  |
1065 _18Sep29-SW18_1915  |
1067 _18Sep29-SW18_1919  |
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1067 _18Sep29-SW18_1922 A very big and pushy male cat.  |
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Hogan interior at night
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1069 _18Sep29-SW18_2136a Evening in the hogan spared from intrusions of civilzation such as TV and plumbing.  |
1070 _18Sep29-SW18_2137  |
1072 _18Sep29-SW18_2142a  |
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1075 _18Sep29-SW18_2231  |
1074 _18Sep29-SW18_2230 In the middle of the night this smokehole admitted to the interior a shaft of moonlight.  |
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Dawn
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1129 _20180930_070257_001 Stepping outside at 6 AM, the experience of dawn in the desert was unexpected. The dawn light seemed to emanate 360 degrees around earth's edge, as if we stand on a great disc floating above a light source.  |
1128 _20180930_070232 The "bathroom". Visiting that in the middle of the night is part of the "hogan" experience. Our landlady warned that rattlesnakes are plentiful so I watched my footing with a keychain flashlight. The door of the outhouse has a missing triagular chunk at its bottom corner, large enough to admit a wide variety of creatures. The gate between hogan and outhouse is tied with an unraveling shred of plastic rope. The landlady had urged, "don't leave the gate open because cows will come in and rub against the cars."  |
1132 _20180930_070355 Sun not yet on duty.  |
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1134 _20180930_071847 First rays  |
1135 _20180930_072000_001  |
1135 _20180930_075050_001 First sun hits the hogan.  |
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1078 _18Sep30-SW18_0716  |
384 _18Sep30-SW18_0717 The vicinity  |
385 _18Sep30-SW18_0718  |
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385 _18Sep30-SW18_0719 Another traditional structure now used for storage.  |
1075 _18Sep30-SW18_0713 Peaceful early morning in hogan.  |
1076 _18Sep30-SW18_0714  |
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389 _18Sep30-SW18_0741 Making tea via the coffee maker.  |
390 _18Sep30-SW18_0741a  |
392 _18Sep30-SW18_0742 Note that all the logs are ax-hewn. I failed to ask how old is this structure.  |
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394 _18Sep30-SW18_0742b  |
1080 _18Sep30-SW18_0728 Never mind my complaints about the fence and the outhouse. It was memorable.  |
1081 _18Sep30-SW18_0737  |
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40 _18Sep30-SW18_0717a Neighbor's dwelling, typical.  |
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