West and East Mitten and Merrick Buttes at the s tart of the Valley Drive.
Mitchell Mesa overlooks the Visitors Centre.
Sentinel Mesa , Bear and Rabbit, King on his Throne and West Mitten Butte .
The view from John Ford’s Point at sunset.
Camel Butte with the shadows of the Three Sisters
The Three Sisters at sunset.
Where Forrest Gump stopped running.
After an overnight stop at Kayenta in Navajo country we continued south through the western edge of the Painted Desert.
As an avid reader of the Tony Hillerman series of books featuring the detectives Leaphorn and Chee I could not resist looking upon this as a scene from one of the stories.
Hi there... I don't know if you are still blogging, but your words from the past found me today... 11/16/2014...
ReplyDeleteAren't those amazing places? The places that you have visited here in the U.S.... those are two of my most favorite places to visit... your words about the Grand Canyon were exactly what I felt the first time I ever saw that...
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