A funny name de Chelly, pronounced "de Shay". It is a from a Spanish borrowing of a Navajo word Tseyi which means canyon. So literally it is Canyon the Canyon
Canyon de Chelly is located on the Navajo reservation about 100 miles north of I-40. It is a place to take your breath away. The National Monument is made up of three canyons, de 
Chelly, del Muerto, and Monument which drain the Chuksa Mountains to the east. The canyon looks like your normal river valley at the mouth and rises to more than a thousand feet as you approach one of the famous landmarks, Spider Rock. Spider Rock is itself, 800 feet tall and you look down on it from the rim drive. There is a paved road that drives along the south rim and another that skirts the north rim and both allow motorists many vistas to view the magnificent formations. But they only give you glimpses. The way to really see the canyon may be to rent a guide with a Jeep to drive into the canyon. It is not a inexpensive experience, but one that I need to do. I will stop writing and allow you to enjoy the scenery. As with all of the pictures I attach, if you click on them, the
y will enlarge for better viewing.
Chelly, del Muerto, and Monument which drain the Chuksa Mountains to the east. The canyon looks like your normal river valley at the mouth and rises to more than a thousand feet as you approach one of the famous landmarks, Spider Rock. Spider Rock is itself, 800 feet tall and you look down on it from the rim drive. There is a paved road that drives along the south rim and another that skirts the north rim and both allow motorists many vistas to view the magnificent formations. But they only give you glimpses. The way to really see the canyon may be to rent a guide with a Jeep to drive into the canyon. It is not a inexpensive experience, but one that I need to do. I will stop writing and allow you to enjoy the scenery. As with all of the pictures I attach, if you click on them, the
y will enlarge for better viewing.PS. We are going to go back, spend one or two nights at the campground and get some morning and evening pictures.
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Blogger RainDog sent me over here after I expressed an interest in traveling to the Petrified Forest some day.
Thanks for the great reads about your travels including Canyon de Chelly, Crown Point, and other parts of the Four Corners area.
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