June 24, 2012
June 24, 2012
After leaving Navajo National Monument we stop in the nearby city of Kayenta, AZ. The local Burger King owner has set up a mini-museum on the Navajo “code talkers” to honor his father’s service in WWII. The military used a large group of the local Indians as radiomen speaking their native language to prevent the Japanese from eavesdropping on sensitive battlefield communications.
We drive northeast past Monument Valley into Utah. Since it is partly cloudy, we make a stop at Goosenecks State Park. We have been here before but I wasn’t pleased with the photos. I am hoping the clouds will give me a less washed-out shot of this winding San Juan River canyon. As we pull into the park, the clouds begin burning away. Darn! We continue on to the town of Blanding, UT and stop at Edge of the Cedars State Park. Closed on Sunday. We are just not having any luck today.
Undeterred, we take the exit for the “Needles” section of Canyonlands National Park and cross our fingers that there is an open campsite. It is 34 miles to the park along the base of a beautiful red rock canyon. Fortune is finally smiling today and there are lots of campsites to choose from. Later I question that fortitude. It seems the reason the campground is empty is because it is HOT and there is no electricity. To add insult, clouds roll in at dusk, trapping the desert heat. It is miserable sleeping weather, our worst by far in six years of traveling.
After leaving Navajo National Monument we stop in the nearby city of Kayenta, AZ. The local Burger King owner has set up a mini-museum on the Navajo “code talkers” to honor his father’s service in WWII. The military used a large group of the local Indians as radiomen speaking their native language to prevent the Japanese from eavesdropping on sensitive battlefield communications.
Undeterred, we take the exit for the “Needles” section of Canyonlands National Park and cross our fingers that there is an open campsite. It is 34 miles to the park along the base of a beautiful red rock canyon. Fortune is finally smiling today and there are lots of campsites to choose from. Later I question that fortitude. It seems the reason the campground is empty is because it is HOT and there is no electricity. To add insult, clouds roll in at dusk, trapping the desert heat. It is miserable sleeping weather, our worst by far in six years of traveling.
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