We left Page when the sun was shining, but as we climbed towards Kayenta the clouds rolled in and the flakes started to fall. As you can see by the pictures above, big flakes were falling when we pulled into the visitor's centre.
Had a nice chat with the folks travelling in their truck campers. They like the versatilely, comfort and maneuverability of their rigs.
We first sat and enjoyed the movie on the Ancestral Puebloans who occupied this valley from 1250 to the 1300. They then left and it is believed that a long drought and poor crop production forced them to seek another valley in which to live.
After the movie we followed this snow covered path down into the valley.
Unfortunately, being winter, this was as close as we could get. If you visit this site in the summer they have conducted hikes that take you into the village and explain the life of the people who lived there.
Click on this photo and you can see the Indian village. Looks almost like a toy set because it was across the valley, quite a distance from our observation post.
Our camp at Navajo Monument, Arizona. Last night it got down to -9*C.
Sunset from the top of the mountain.
Today we move 50 miles over to Monument Valley where we will camp and take a drive through more spectacular natural monuments.
Safe travels and we are coming home ..................... in a few weeks.
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I think that's more snow that I saw all winter! Great pics though, safe travels.
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