This is one of the first hikes we did after arriving in Gallup. See the two spires in the background. . . of course we did.

El Morrow is a huge rock formation that we climb and spend the better part of a day.  How come Tyler never has a shirt on?

Coming back from Chaco Canyon we had several flats so we decided to pull off of the dirt road and camp in the middle of the desert.  Eric is taking the two good tires off of my van and putting them on his van so he can go get the four flats fixed in the morning.

Ok, here we are trying to get our tents set up but the wind was blowing about 45 mph (no kidding).  It literally flattened some tents.  This was awesome!!  It’s no accident these guys look grungy.  Yes, those are cold poptarts they’re eating. 

Here’s the reason we go to New Mexico.  These are some of the kids at the Navajo school.  That’s Eric in the middle.

Can you find Zach?  He’s the only Anglo (as the kids say).

It is not possible to give the kids enough attention -- as Eric quickly found out.

Here we are (in the vans) at a hospital in a little nothing of a town called Chinle, near Canyon de Chelly.  Somebody hurt something but I can’t remember who or what.  The medical staff didn’t really know what to do with us because, as they put it, “we don’t normally take Anglo cases” (seriously).  It was an awesome cross-cultural experience!  

Finally,  leaving Lake Powell and heading toward the Grand Canyon we pulled over to take a picture of the sky on fire.  This shot doesn’t really do it justice but it was so spectacular that we climbed out to see the sun go down behind the Vermilion Cliffs, which are about 3,500’ high!