After our time at Monument Valley, gazing up from the desert plains at nature's works of art towering above us, our day at Canyon de Shelly was spent looking down at vast sandstone gashes descending hundreds of feet. For most of the 6 mile drive following the length of the canyon there was no sign that, just yards away through the forest, the earth had been ripped apart until a viewpoint suddenly revealed the cliffs dropping away beneath us. At one point we were able to take a 1 1/2 mile walk down 700 feet to the canyon floor. It gave us a chance to marvel close-up at the layers & patterns and fantastic shapes & colourings of the rock. Our final stop of the day, at Spider Rock, was the most dramatic. The canyon formed an enormopus bowl with 800 foot sides & in the middle stood 2 gigantic columns, at least 600 feet high. In the setting sun it was a breathtaking sight.
80 Navajo families farm on the canyon floor. We wondered how it feels to live every day dwarfed by such an immense landscape towering above & around. We felt tiny & insignificant during our moments there, overwhelmed by the age, majesty & power of the world surrounding us.
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