Now there are two ways of doing this. You can drive around some of the monuments on a poor road, or as we did, you can get a tour from Native American guides. We opted for the tour - you see more and the hire car suffers less.
This was definitely one of our better decisions. The guide was excellent and we not only saw ;lots but learnt a lot about the Native American culture, not in some folksy historic sense but what life is like now. Our guide for example had been a rodeo rider. His aunt had set up a bed & breakfast place for tourists who wanted a more genuine cowboy experience.
And we gained an insight into their beliefs, including the concept that they have spirit animals (his was an otter!) which did seem somewhat connected to drug taking (of a traditional kind).
But the best part for me was just the landscape. i love this sort of place, especially as were going round just on our own - other tourists were all in the distance. Just the three of us and our guide.
Here is our guide leading us to this weird cave feature, eroded by the wind and with a natural skylight. This did lead to the one embarrassing moment of the trip, where he sang us a native American song. Solo.
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| No this is not a rock shaped like a penis. Its a thumb. Dirty minds... |
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