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  1. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    PNWY.....It's tough to see the underfed, mangy, wild dogs wandering around searching for a handout.....but the one positive thing regarding the wild dogs on the reservation, if there is indeed one positive thing regarding those wild dogs, is that I never saw anyone being abusive towards the wild...
  2. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    The San Juan River, which we had just crossed, & which I had just mentioned in my previous post, demarcates the northern boundary of the Navajo Indian Reservation.....so, before I move on, before I go further north in this story.....I just wanted to make a single post which brings attention to...
  3. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    The next morning was much like the morning before.....rose early, long before the sunrise.....drove north along Highway 160.....the plan now was to catch an amazing sunrise or an amazing full moon set, from an amazing place.....Monument Valley..... We parked along the side of the highway...
  4. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    Ace.....the guide you had sounds awesome. I'm always so reluctant to put myself in a situation like that. I just love going it alone.....probably to a fault..... Foy.....it's rare that I'll read anything fiction but that being said, I struggle to really get into a book that reads like a text...
  5. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    Our first stop at Canyon de Chelly National Monument was at the overlook to Mummy Cave, followed by the overlook to Massacre Cave..... Taken from OutdoorProject.com..... "Mummy Cave is the name of the ruin visible from the overlook. With over 80 rooms and three kivas, this is one of the...
  6. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    ITTOG.....you probably know this by now, but Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee reads like a history book. I read it in spurts, but that's happening to me a lot these days, no matter what I'm reading. And I too love it whenever I stumble across a gathering of Native Americans..... Ace.....for me...
  7. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    Just outside the door of the museum is the Window Rock Tribal Park..... .....and not too far beyond the sign lies Window Rock..... After a few hours spent touring in Window Rock, Arizona we continued driving north, further north into the Navajo Indian Reservation..... My original plan...
  8. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    ITTOG.....not exactly.....I'm Vegetarian, so not that for sure..... So what was I reading that day when we drove into the Navajo Nation lands ? Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown.....seemed like an appropriate choice to me..... Our next stop was in Window Rock, Arizona, north of...
  9. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    We continued driving along Highway 60......passing through the well known, big town of Show Low, Arizona.....here we picked up Highway 61, and now traveled in a distinctive northeast direction, eventually connecting with Highway 61. Our next stop was at Concho, Arizona where we found ourselves a...
  10. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    And when the next sun rose.....it was time to hit the road again.....we continued to drive north..... From: ArizonaHighways.com Salt River Canyon..... "Like a Dickens novel or a Hitchcock movie, this classic drive is one worth repeating. The route crosses the river and several life zones, and...
  11. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    On the summit, Tanner does what Tanner always does.....gives me that amazing summit shot..... Trapper.....she's just not into it.....she lies right down..... The next shot is a staged one.....I literally have to lift her up, scamper backwards, and snap the shot.....before she lies right...
  12. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    I had planned to visit the Homestead Climbing Area the following day but I missed the turn off so we continued north on Highway 70, in Globe, Arizona we turned onto Highway 60 and continued driving north. Now I started looking at the random mountains along the way, constantly wondering if we...
  13. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    Ace, Real Truck, jameswirl, Riversdad, Dougnuts, & mekcanix....thanks again for posting all that good stuff. It's always a pleasure to share our travels, to share my writings & to share my photos as well.....and I really do love to read all those kind comments.....you guys keep me thinking...
  14. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    "And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share No one dared Disturb the sound of silence" "Fools" said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words...
  15. YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

    My Journey

    They flew directly to the west.....eventually crossing the mountain chain in the distance..... We walked the entire circumference of the lake in total awe of the show provided by the Sandhill Cranes..... I cranked up the tunes...."The Sounds of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel was my...
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