Canyon de Chelly - continued

Apparently you can do 4x4 trips with the Navajo into the Canyon - i did not have time, but if you look on the canyon floor you can see the cars In the shadow to the bottom right of the previous picture are some more ruins.....

This is Spider Rock - according to Navajo legend the Spider Woman lives on the tip of the taller spire.

More arty canyon photos

Day 3 continued - Canyon de Chelly - North Rim

Canyon de Chelly (pronounced "de Shay" apparently) is in the north east corner of Arizona. It has been inhabited for thousands of years, and there are ancestral pueblan dwellings that are around 1000 years old built into ledges and overhangs along the canyon - the Navajo still farm the bottom of the canyon.

Here is an example ruined dwelling...
The canyon itself....

This rock is called Navajo Fortress - apparently some Navajo survived a 3 month siege during the Indian Wars with US troops on the top of it!