by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Arizona and New Mexico, Travel, Tribal Lands
The high desert of the Colorado plateau is a vast territory, an all but empty landscape edged by sere, weathered mountains. There are few towns, but there are many lonely homesteads, tiny communities of doublewides and ramshackle prefabs, some with a six-sided hogan,...
by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Arizona and New Mexico, Travel, Tribal Lands
This is the 4th and final Page of a longer article: Click here to return to Page 1 Most visitors to Canyon de Chelly National Monument focus the bulk of their attention on the South Rim Drive, but in my view, your trip simply won’t be complete if you don’t...
by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Arizona and New Mexico, Travel, Tribal Lands
This is Page 3 of a longer article: Click here to return to Page 1 WHITE HOUSE OVERLOOK There were law enforcement issues leading up to the closure: cars parked at the overlook by visitors who were hiking the trail had become an easy target for thieves and vandals....
by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Arizona and New Mexico, Road Trips, Travel, Tribal Lands
This is Page 2 of a longer article: Click here to return to Page 1 THERE ARE SEVEN OVERLOOKS ON THE SOUTH RIM OF THE CANYON: Indian Route 7 begins at the turnoff from US 190, and serves as the main road in the Navajo town of Chinle. If you follow it headed east, it...
by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Arizona and New Mexico, Road Trips, Travel, Tribal Lands
Canyon de Chelly (“D’Shay”) is a geological marvel of the first order, a hidden treasure, tucked away in a remote section of the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona. It’s one of the more striking features of the Colorado Plateau, where sediments from an ancient...
by Richard Quinn | Nov 4, 2023 | Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
People who don’t live in Mexico tend to assume, based on what they see on the news, that the whole country is unsafe for road trips. Ask just about anyone, and they’ll tell you that driving your own vehicle anywhere south of the border is foolishly risky....
by Richard Quinn | Oct 20, 2023 | Mexico, Travel
The Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a national holiday in Mexico, a tradition that’s so deeply ingrained in the collective psyche of the country that it’s almost a cultural imperative. The actual holiday–the day the banks and government...
by Richard Quinn | Oct 14, 2023 | Maya, Mexico, Travel
The Temple of Kukulkan, the Feathered Serpent, is the largest structure in the ancient city of Chichén Itzá. Often referred to as the Castillo, it is perhaps the most perfect example of a Mayan step pyramid to have survived into our modern age, and it’s so well...
by Richard Quinn | Sep 5, 2023 | Arizona and New Mexico, Travel, Tribal Lands
What do you call it when you stumble across something wonderful that you didn’t know anything about in advance? Some people say that’s just good old-fashioned luck, while folks that are a bit more full of themselves tend to consider it fate, or destiny....
by Richard Quinn | Aug 30, 2023 | Mountains, National Parks, Photography, Road Trips, Travel
The State of Washington has a population of almost eight million people, and more than half of them live in or near Seattle, the 15th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. There are several things that all those folks have in common: An extremely high cost of living...
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