March 21st thru March 23rd
This morning we were heading off to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, after driving thru Sedona and to Oak Creek Canyon, it started to snow heavy so we decided it would be better off to turn around and go back to the Campground that we had left 35 miles ago.
March 23rd Today we went thru Senoda up Oak Creek Canyon and on to a Campground called Root 66 a few miles east of Holbrook.
After driving up Oak Creek Canyon I was really pleased that we had not attempted to drive up here during the snow storm the other day as it was quite a step climb with a lot of hair pin bends. Today we drove about 150 miles skirting Flagstaff on our way to Holbrook.
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| Oak Creek Canyon Road |
March 24th it was 10 mile drive to the entrance of the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert. We spent a large part of the day enjoying looking at the remains of the Petrified Forest. This is an area of large trees that had been fossilized thousands of years ago. There are also many beautiful Mesa to enjoy when you drive thru here. We then drove the 120 miles to Chinle where we stayed at a lovely National Park Service campground, that was recently upgraded and paid for with funds from the Recover Act.
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| Construction of Historic Road House Route 66 |
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| Road House today |
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| Route 66 |
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| Painted Desert |
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| Painted Desert |
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Painted Desert
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March 25th After looking thru the visitors center this morning and finding out all we could about Canyon de Chelly National Monument. We drove both the north rim and south rim of the canyon visiting all the overlooks and enjoying the views. One of the many interesting things about is there is still farming on the canyon floor. White house trail starts at one of the overlooks and is about an hour walk to the canyon floor. It is fairly easy trail and leads to an ancient cliff dwelling called the white house.
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