Trip Date: June 2011

White House Ruins

This Virtual Tour takes you on the only hiking trail that goes down into Arizona’s Canyon de Chelly and ends at the White House Ruins located on the canyon floor. Canyon de Chelly is located inside the national monument of the same name – Canyon de Chelly National Monument – and is the spiritual center for the native Navajo people.

The 3 mile roundtrip hiking trail to the bottom of Canyon de Chelly and to the White House Ruins is the only access to the canyon itself without hiring a Navajo guide.  Although anybody can visit the various viewpoints along the rim of the canyons without a guide, if you wish to venture into the canyons by foot or 4wd vehicle, then you must hire an official Navajo guide at the park’s visitor center.

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Trip Date: March 2008

Have you ever dared yourself to take that world-famous trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon on top of a mule? We didn’t, but someone talked us into it.  Worse yet, when it came time to take the trip, that someone had to cancel out of the trip and the two of us went on.  Bottom line: we were glad that we were talked into going on this trip because it was one of the best travel experiences of our lives; but than again, we are very lucky to enjoy many of those great experiences!
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