After seeing the painted desert in Petrified Forest National Park, we drove through Arizona to Canyon de Chelly National Monument (pronounced Canyon de Shay)  This park is co-run by the National Park Service and the Navajo Nation, so it is located on a Navajo Reservation near the town of Chinle.  The ruin above is “White House,” the ending point for the park’s only public trail.  In addition to doing this hike we drove along the scenic South Rim.  The photo below is Spider Rock, seen from one of the overlooks.

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We enjoyed the park and our camping experience there, except for a large pack of reservation dogs barking loudly in the night.  In addition to these dogs, we also saw one or two walk through the campground!