A day of relaxation around the resort

Petrified Forest National Park

We started our tour with the Painted desert 

Painted desert Inn- Opened in the early 1920's as a restaurant , Inn, and gas stop along Route 66 until Route 66 closed in 1963. Here are a few more pics.

This is how the soda fountain looked in 1963 when it closed


Shots from the Desert inn

Pictures below is of Puerco Pueblo 

A great example of a Kiva


Pictures below are of the Blue Mesa

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Grand Canyon

Little Colorado River Gorge. On the way to the East entrance to the Grand Canyon 

More from the Vista point. 

Made it to the Grand Canyon. This the Watchtower are the start of Desert View Rd. This structure is patterned after a cerimonial building called a Kiva, that was built by the ancient Pueblo people. In most areas it would have been built almost entirely under ground. The ground in this area the was so full of rock that the Pueblo people built more of the structure above ground but never as tall at this one built by architect Mary Colter in 1932

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