October 25, 2007 Fortsat fra sidste side ~ Continued from last page Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Chinle, Apache County, Arizona Canyon de Chelly National Monument AKA Tsegi is located east of Chinle in Apache County, Arizona.   Fra Hubbell Trading Post begav vi os nordpå til Canyon de Chelly. Her har indianerne boet i mere end 5000 år på de flade dalbunde af Canyon del Muerto og Canyon de Chelly. Og her var helt ubeskriveligt flot. From Hubbell Trading Post we headed north to Canyon de Chelly. Here Native Americans have lived for over 5000 years on the flat canyon floors of Canyon del Muerto and Canyon de Chelly. And it was incredibly beautiful.     De første indianere, der boede her var nomadiske jægere, og efterlod ingen bygninger, men bidrog med en del af dalenes mange indianer-tegninger. The first Indians to live here were nomadic hunters, and they left no buildings, but contributed to the large number of Indian pictographs here.

Kan I se det? ~ White House in the Middle Ruin ~ Can you see it? Anazazi, eller kurvemagere, slog sig ned her for omkring 2500 år siden. De byggede store fælleshuse og drev landbrug, og der er mange ruiner efter dem rundt omkring i dalen. Anazazi, or basketmakers, settled here approximately 2500 years ago. They built large community houses and introduced farming, and they left many ruins behind around the canyon.

Antelope House Ruins   Ruinerne kaldes Antilope-huset, på grund af de tegninger af antiloper, der er på klippevæggen ved siden af. De menes af være tegnet først i 1800-tallet af Navajo-indianer Dibe Yazhi ("Lille Får"). The ruins are called Antelope House because of the antelope pictographs found on the cliff wall adjacent to the ruins. They are thought to have been created in the early 1800s by Navajo Indian Dibe Yazhi ("Little Sheep").

Omkring 100 Navajo-indianere bor stadig nede i dalbunden. About 100 Navajo Indians still live on the canyon floor today.

Vi flirter stadigvæk meget med Gamle Rute 66, og standsede i Holbrook for at få aftensmad. We're still flirting a lot with Old Route 66, and we stopped in Holbrook to get some dinner.             Camping/Boondocking Information We are boondocked in Holbrook down the street from the restaurant alongside a commercial building, and the train is keeping us company VERY loudly every hour or so. And if we need a break from RV life, right down the street there's The Wigwam Motel on Route 66 in Holbrook:   Get your kicks....   More Arizona Travel Information Here   A BIT EARLIER TOMORROW