Our last Adventure on the road back to AZ

Well the Tomato and Blanch & Lucy are in Canyon DeChelly camping to visit the beautiful Ruins and Petroglyphs in the canyon.  (double click to see larger)

We met our friends Co & Flo (RV on left) and Susan & Ann (RV on right) at Canyon DeChelly - as you can see we we arrived at a great time to see beautiful foliage in the Canyon.

This is our site - quiet and in the shade.

Co, & Susan sitting in the back seat of our open air jeep ready to leave on our adventure - at 8am.

This is Ann, Flo & Cheryl in the 2nd jeep - we had 2 jeeps so that we had 3 gals & a driver in each jeep.

So here we go .... off to see the Ruins & Petroglyphs.

As we drove in we saw a tour that was led on horseback.

There were lots of herds of horses that roamed freely in the canyon.

The horses were very comfortable strolling near us.

This beautiful white horse was hanging very close to us and had no problem with us photographing him.

The beautiful Cottonwood trees were ablaze with beautiful color as we drove through the canyon floor.

Our Tour Guide, Eleanor, was very good about stopping at every Ruin so that we could jump out to take photos.

Some Ruins were closer and some were further away from out vantage viewing area - but the detail of the Ruins were incredible.

These Ruins were called 'Antelope' Ruins because of the Petroglyphs below.

These Petroglyphs of Antelope were the reason this area was called 'Anelope Ruins'.

As we looked behind us our 2nd jeep was right behind us.

Here is another Ruin that we saw.

Here is a close up of one of the buildings in the Ruins.

And here are more Petroglyphs that we saw.

There were times when our partner jeep was in front of us.

This is called 'Fortress Rock' a Proud Moment in a Sad Legacy.  Where the Navajo hid out on this 700ft mesa when the Dine people were trying to escape the Long Walk with the American Cavalry.  If you want to read more on it log onto this link - http://navajotimes.com/news/2009/0609/060409fortress.php

On the way back we saw these Carins (little piles of rocks) so Susan & Cheryl added a few of their own.

After the tour along the canyon floor we took our vehicles and drove along the top of the rim of the canyon to look down on the canyon.

This is called 'Spider Rock' a wonderful spire that juts high above the canyon floor.

We viewed 'White House' from above and could have hiked down into the canyon to see it up closer - but most of us were too exhausted to do the hike.

Even from above we could see the ruins very well with a telephoto lens or with the telescopes that they had for viewing.

From above the foliage was very pretty to view.

We had 2 open Jeeps which were great fun and brought us everywhere on the Canyon floor - these made for a fun ride.

Thank You to Eleanor of "Ancient Canyon Tours, Canyon de Chelly" We highly recommend Eleanor for a great tour - reach her at 928/380-1563 - You will be glad you called Eleanor for the best tour ever....