Four Corners; Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona & Utah
While I was taking photos, Chelsea patiently sat and waited. I had to take this photo of me RELAXING & her RELAXING, too!
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Category: COUNTRIES Thru My Eyes
Diverse Colors
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Four Corners; Utah, Colorado, New Mexico & Arizona
We drove out into the boonies because there isn’t much out at Four Corners. There is a monument and booths where Indians sell their wears, many are homemade and they are pretty impressive! I RELAXED and ENJOYED watching people stand on all four states at the same time, it was fun!
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Petroglyphs
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Bluff, UtahFunky Bench
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Painted Desert, ArizonaNewspaper Rock
Painted Desert, Arizona
We went to the area called Newspaper Rock where there are over 650 petroglyphs. Because the sun was going down and there were lots of shadows, they are hard to see. Also, to protect them, you cannot get very close. I had to really lighten this photo so you can see some down in the bottom right corner of the large rock. I have always enjoyed looking at petroglyphs, wondering what the person was like who made them. These were created by ancestral Puebloan people living, farming, and hunting along the Puerco River between 650 and 2,000 years ago. Some of the ancient artists may have lived at Puerco Pueblo, located less than one mile north of this site.
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Pueblo Architecture
Painted Desert, Arizona
We saw the Pueblo architecture on our trip, throughout Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. It draws its inspiration from the Pueblos and the Spanish missions and it developed at the turn of the 20th century. Though these are modern and aren’t made of adobe, you do still some buildings that are. Adobe is among the earliest building materials, and is used throughout the world. They have a very unique look!
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Tiponi Point
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Petrified Forest, ArizonaShiprock
Shiprock, New Mexico
As we were driving along the freeway I could see this mountain in the distance. I took photos from the car, even though the lighting wasn’t the best, I hope you can get a feel for it as I did. It definitely peaked my curiosity because it is a very flat area, except for this rock that sticks up out of the desert.
According to Wikipedia; the name Shiprock gets it’s name from the peak’s resemblance of an enormous 19th-century clipper ship. It is in the Navajo Nation and plays an important role in their religion, myth, and tradition. It is located in the center of the area occupied by the Ancient Pueblo People, a prehistoric Native American culture of the Southwest United States often referred to as the Anasazi.
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Gorgeous View
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Teec Nos Pos, Arizona
After spending some time at Four Corners, we went to our next stop to pick up a few goodies for our trip. Along the wall of the market we stopped at, they had beautiful paintings of Native American’s. It reminded me that this is Indian country; mainly the Navajo, Hopi, Ute & Zuni tribal nations!
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Trees; Rocks
Petrified Forest, Arizona
I didn’t know what to expect when we went to the petrified forest. What we saw was amazing, there were logs of fallen trees everywhere. Once they stood tall, reaching for the sky, now thousands of millennium later, they lay on the ground having turned into rocks. It is pretty awesome!
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Cactus
Four Corners; Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona
We walked around the stands where Native Americans where selling beautiful handmade items at Four Corners and along the way I looked at the flowers that were on the cactus. Cactus are such interesting plants that collect moisture and use it as needed, they also produce awesome flowers!
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