The Precious Pratts: June 2015

Happy Father's Day!

I chose the best man to be the father of my child. No one could ever ask to have a better Dad than Steve. Joelle and I will be in Wisconsin on Father's Day so I had the kids take pictures of themselves so I could create his gift. It turned out better than I could have hoped!! The bigs were with us last weekend so we gave Daddy his gifts.

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Sliding House Overlook Canyon De Chelly

This overlook had the most treacherous walkway to the actual lookout point. There was NO walkway. Do you see Joelle in this picture, yes we had to walk from behind that little hill to where I am standing in order to get to where you can see the canyon. It was a little trying but Joelle loved it. She might be a hiker!!

Finally we got to some views. These were just as breath taking as the others. Unfortunately we had to hurry because we had to get back to pick Steve up!

The smoothness of the canyon walls was amazing as well as the color in them. There is just so much beauty out there. I had hear of Canyon De Chelly before, but in passing and once I found out how far it was, I was like yeah, not driving 5 hours for that. Umm, I am really bummed that I did not have the chance to drive the North Rim so it is a trip I would consider again!

White House Ruins Overlook Canyon De Chelly

Amazing that at some point in time people lived in the side of the canyon. The color in these rocks and the texture is so cool to look at. Joelle even really enjoyed see all of these amazing sights. She kept wanting to see more! She also really enjoys the Wild Kratt show and the brother that she identifies with is a climber so she loved "hiking" around the canyon!

If you really squint you can see the White House Ruins on the right side of the picture.

Tsegi Overlook Canyon De Chelly

Again, no rails! This was an amazing part of the canyon. You can see in the next picture that there are houses in the bottom of the canyon that people live in! It is around 600 feet straight down from the edge.

These guys are actually at the edge of the canyon looking down. That is how close you are!

This gorgeous river flowed through most of the canyon. You can book tours either on horseback or in a jeep and they drive you right on the water through the canyon. The landscape was gorgeous and breathtaking!

Tunnel Overlook Canyon De Chelly

Steve had a work engagement in Many Farms, Arizona and since it was a long drive, I told him Joelle and I would come and keep him company. Well, the hotel we stayed at was in Canyon De Chelly (Shay) National Park. We were in Navajo Country as well. There were not a lot things to do, but when you can see Canyon De Chelly, what else do you need. The landscape was gorgeous every where. The Navajo literally had their houses right up next to the base of gorgeous mountains. We took a drive along the south rim of the Canyon and this is what we saw. This overlook did not even have guard rails! We could have walked right off!