Canyon de Chelly National Monument

Pros: Opportunity to learn Navajo culture. Small park compared to others.
Cons: None.

Canyon de Chelly (pronounced "d SHAY") National Monument in NE Arizona was our destination for 2 very short days recently. We are already making plans to return, &, spend more time on "the bottom".

After checking out Chinle's three motels we...

Pros: More great Arizona scenery; experience human & natural history
Cons: Remote; hot in summer, cold in winter

Here's another lightly-visited National Monument that, if it were located just about anyplace else, would probably enjoy much more fame & acclaim. But a great part of the joy for us in traveling through our National Park system is discovering places...

Pros: It's one of the most spectacular places on earth
Cons: It's not easy to get to, and you should take at least a week to fully experience it

Living in Colorado and traveling frequently between my home and California via the open road, I thought I had seen it all. Then the chance of a lifetime came my way. An old friend of the family who has led Sierra Club trips for many years invited us to...

Pros: Really interesting canyon and people.
Cons: Hot in the summer(100' F).

Canyon De Chelly, a crazy, wild, and endless resource for fun, education and intellectual enrichment.

This place has been a primary home-place, farming area, and waypoint for travelers for over 1000 years. The land changes constantly, and...

Pros: For those who think the Grand Canyon is too big. Beautiful Anasazi dwellings.
Cons: You have to get to the bottom of it if you want to see the dwellings.

Canyon the Chelly is a small canyon in Northern Arizona that I liked a lot. Canyon the Chelly is a more down-to-earth canyon than the Grand Canyon (I am not a big fan of the Grand Canyon because I find it difficult to grasp its dimensions). I think it is...