We expected to make great time from Farmington across Arizona. The plan was to listen to Conference on the radio (and football games between sessions), then catch the Priesthood Session at home. Well, we didn't account for the 8:00 a.m. Navajo parade in Shiprock! We saw the whole thing as we inched along the two-lane road for an hour. They had blocked off the other two lanes for the parade. I do believe the entire Navajo Nation was there. Some of the floats were interesting, as you can see (lots of saddles and deer heads).
Like the way I framed Shiprock in the fence gate? Did you know Shiprock is a monadnock? It's Navajo name is Tse Bit'a'i (rock with wings or winged rock). It is prohibited by the Navajo Nation to climb it, although many try.
We were in need of a diversion to stay awake and near Teec Nos Pos, we noticed this small LDS Church house. It was beautifully kept and painted. Next to it was a trailer, presumably used by missionaries. We noticed a man pulling up some plants from a garden and engaged him in a conversation. He was a "gardening missionary" from Idaho and was leaving the next day for home, his mission completed. He has been helping with a project to introduce drip gardens among the Navajos and the program has been quite successful.
We listened to Conference as we tooled across Arizona. Just before dropping down into Kayenta, we stopped at the monolith lineup on the fringe of Monument Valley to take a picture, and managed to be listening to Pres. Uchtdorf's "Join With Us" talk as we looked at this vista.
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| Kayenta In the Distance |
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