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Driving into Arizona headed south from Las Vegas
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Neat cut thru the mountain
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At our RV Park in Williams, AZ
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They offered free breakfast every day - Cowboy Jack's the doorman
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Judy got to like Jack
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Next to our RV
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The ultralight buzzed the park one day
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The Grand Canyon Railway passed the park every day
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An engine not being used right now
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Before the train ride, a predictable wild west show
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In the off season, diesels are used
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Enough pictures, already - ALL ABOARD!
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Headed for the Grand Canyon
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The show cowboys were revived for PR duty
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We had strolling musicians
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And sprinting fiddle players
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Teaching fiddle to a quick learner
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And the obligatory train robbery (how they got tips)
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Pictures don't do it justice - class 8 rapids wa-a-ay below
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Class 8 rapids, close up
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Every view is a keeper
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The colors change every time you look
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Scanning with an antenna for California Condors
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Unbelievable
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Hopi dancers outside a gift shop
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It's all about the view
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It's all about the view
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Judy suppresses her acrophobia a little
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It's 10 miles across the canyon
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The natural sculptures are exceptional
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Some of this is erosion, but more is uplift, they say.
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Judy said to step back
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Ravens with 4ft wingspans soar the rim
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Some pueblo ruins inside the Canyon park
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Wanna walk that ridge?
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The Desert View watchtower
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It's at the east end of the canyon
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Built as a tourist attraction early last century
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Authentic-looking artwork inside the tower
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The river way down there
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Geological work of art
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Late in the day, shadows enhance the artwork
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You saw this formation before, different time of day
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Humphrey Peak is the highest point in Arizona
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Sunset Crater Volcano last erupted 800 years ago
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Lava field (just like in Oregon)
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Cinder cones along the fault of the last eruption
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Viewing the Painted Desert from the west end
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A well-documented 800 year old Pueblo Ruin
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They said this was a typical garden plot
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There were about 100 rooms here
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These folks farmed under impossible conditions
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A whole family lived in one room this size
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Neat collared lizard
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A ball court at the ruins
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Most openings were smoke vents
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The Wupatki Ruins were last occupied about 1250 AD
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The San Francisco Mountains
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Another protected pueblo ruin
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A ruin atop a mesa - called "The Citadel"
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This pueblo farmed the canyon below it
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These indians were ancestors of the Hopi
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The Little Colorado River gorge on the Navajo Reservation
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Sunset glinting on bald spot. Also a big canyon
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Sightseeing helicopters at day's end
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Best sunset so far
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We traded pictures with other folks
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Words aren't sufficient!
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More photo swapping
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It hailed a little bit this day
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But it was still awesome
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Rain or no rain
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The rainbows were in the rocks
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A raven near a snack shop (imagine that)
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The El Tovar was the original canyon hotel
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Cliff-dweller ruins at Walnut Canyon
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We walked 200 feet down to these ruins
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There were about 300 rooms under the cliffs
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The cliff provides floor, back wall & ceiling
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It's said the women built the rest of the walls
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The men climbed the canyon walls to farm on the rim
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Many ruins were damaged in the 1880's by pottery hunters
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Some had been completely destroyed
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The remaining ruins were finally protected in the 1920's
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This one was partially restored
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Imagine a brick wall over 800 years old
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And every one with a view
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Location, Location, Location
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Not a very ancient stair rail mounting fixture
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Suppose the rich folks lived on the upper level?
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Hard to imagine living here
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These ruins were occupied for only about 100 years
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Reproduction of a petroglyph found in Walnut Creek Canyon
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Neat poster - each rug pattern has a name and meaning
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Judy loved those snowcaps
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The Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff
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It's where the planet Pluto was discovered
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The telescope dome revolves on truck tires
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Percival Lowell used this to look at Mars canals
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It's balanced so you can move it with one hand
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Not Mr. Lowell's best image - Oregon carvers are better
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Building housing the Pluto discovery scope
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The Pluto Scope was really a big camera
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Inside the observatory library
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A view of the Naval Observatory domes near Flagstaff
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Flowers at the Flagstaff Arboretum
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The only things blooming were in the greenhouse
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A cactus plant viewed through a kaleidoscope
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Some dead butterflies
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Some Arizona red clay mud
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On the Mother Road in Williams, AZ
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A neat storefront - great temptations inside
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Used to be a bordello. Closed a few years back. :-) Good place to end.