week 2
From August 26 till September 1

Monday, August 26, 2002:

Together with Holly we went to Jerome, an old miners town with a lot of little shops and art stores and also a museum about the early mining business.
Late in the afternoon we left, after saying goodbye to Holly, to Sedona.

We spent the night in Hawkeye Red Rock RV Park.

Tuesday, August 27, 2002:

Sedona is well known for its "red rocks", rock formation of a special red color.
There are also a lot of art galleries.

Via Flagstaff we drove to Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, which is not the same as Meteor Crater.
In het park there is a very pretty campground (Bonito Campground), close to the Visitor Center. We usually go to these Visitor Centers to gather some information.

View at Jerome

Jerome

A Museum piece

At a distance of 36 miles (58 km) from Sunset Crater lays Wupatki National Monument. Hereare some very well preserved buildings from the 1100's.

Wupatki National Monument

On our way to Meteor Crater we visited Walnut Canyon National Monument, a steep canyon with some archeological sites.
Close to Meteor Crater there is a RV park.
The Visitor Center is really worth a long visit.

Before noon we visited the Homolovi Ruins State Park. Maybe an interesting site for archeologists, but not at all for us.
Late in the afternoon we arrived at the Petrified Forest National Park, but is was real cloudy and without any sun it wasn't worth to take pictures. We decided to go back to Holbrook hoping the sun was out the next day.
It was getting darker and darker. We were lucky to be at the campground (A-OK RV Park) when the thunderstorm started.
In Holbrook there are a lot of indian dances in the months Juni-August (pow-wow), but not anymore in September.

The sun was there again and we could make some real great pictures from Painted Desert and Petrified Forest.

In Canyon de Chelley we could make very nice pitures too.

Pictures of Canyon de Chelley

Sunday, September 1, 2002:

Four Corners Monument, at 5000 feet above sealevel, is the only place in the USA where four states come together, Arizona, Utah, Colorado en New Mexico. The monument has been established in 1912 opgericht in Indiaan reservation.

It was queuing for making a picture.

Monument Valley is a very big area.