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Navajo NAtion has a lot to offer.

Monument Valley is one of the many scenic areas in the Valley of Rocks
When you look at monuments-buttes, mesas, canyons and free standing rock formations that defy gravity, feeling of being a little nothing and insignificant particle of the world , does not leave you The tranquility of the land, culture and traditions of Navajo people are very facinating. We met family of native people, brother and sister, both of them served the army and now "set for life" in their own words. They made me smile. Being born among such a beaty in the middle of that graandious G-d creation, where sun on its way, brining life to the valley and
changing colors of the valley'severy minute, make you believe in magic....lucky, they dont know how lucky they are!

Geology ( for my own infornation and yours if you care)
Monument VAlley was created from beneath the Earth surface. During The Paleozoic Era-about 570 million years ago, the entire Colorado Plateau was underneath the Gulf of Mexico, which brushed against the young sediment of the Rocky Mountains. Uplift from the Earth's mantle created the ocean floor to crack while the sea subside west during the shifting of the Pacific and North American Plates. At the end of Jurassic Period-about 65 millions years ago, the mud from the ocean floor becaome sand stone held together by the Organ Rock formation abd the mountain sedimants such as limestine. In certain places you will see ancient volcano plugs that turned into Basalt-an igneous rock formation. With continuous erosion from water and wind, you are seeing on of the most amazing places of nature creation.
The valley drive is a 17 mile unpaved dirt road and it is magnificient!!!
These are the names of most famouse and most visited rock formations:
The Mittensand Merrick Butte
Elephant Butte
John Ford's Point Overlook
Three sisters
Yri Bi Chei
Yaat Eeh-welcome

Next day we decide to explore Antelope Canyons. There are two : Upper and Lower one

UPPER ANTELOPE CANYON

The Navajo name for Upper Antelope Canyon is Tse' bighanilini, which means "the place where water runs through rocks." Upper Antelope is at about 4,000 feet elevation and the canyon walls rise 120 feet above the streambed. Located within the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation.
It is also called "the crack" and accessible only by guided tour with an off-road vehicle
Here some visual examles

" you have to turn oh your imagination" said our guide, and we did
Look it is a BEAR climbing up

Sand were slowely falling down make me thing about all timers, "sand clocks", remember thise. Being a kid i could watch those clock forever

LOWER ANTELOPE CANYON

Lower Antelope Canyon is Hasdestwazi, or "spiral rock arches." It is less crowded and more open to light or at less it seems like that. Some of a tour guides are very good flute players. The sound of the flute resonates through the mystical canyons and create a feeling of outer sprace. You cant get rid of a feeling that it is not our planet Earth. The marvelous blend of colors, shape and majestywill strike and the music soak into your bone marrow, and take a bit of the canyon into your heart. It is a time to pause for reflection in a spiritual wonderland

To my kids:
One day they will read my posts and recollect all these beautiful moments of all our journeys !!!