We had read in the internet, that close to Tuba City is a very hidden and beautiful canyon, Coal Mine Canyon. It was a detour of 60 km but well worth it. The canyon was kind of difficult to find, we were out in nowhere, but no canyon in sight. So Katrin bravely stoped a car and the very helpful Native American driver told us where to find the canyon. There, we were the only 2 living humans on earth, no traces of civilisation, no noise but the wind blowing. The colours went from black to red and yellow, a hidden treasure.  |
| Katrin´s foot next to millions of years old dino footprint |
40 Kilometers further, we passed a place with dinosaurer footprints on the ground. Very impressiv! It must have been a wet place, where the dinos came to drink here, left traces on the ground which then somehow survived until today. They had big feet and claws and it sends you back thousands of years looking at those traces.
This region is in a Indian Reservation and it surprises us again and again how few white people we see here. The population is mainly Native American. They still look very "indian", dark brown skin, the women have wonderful long black hair, the men often have a pony tail. Alone in Arizona there are 21 active tribes, together more than 250´000 Native Americans, about 5% of Arizona´s overall population. In the Reservations no sale of alcohol is allowed, probably because alcoholism amongst them is a huge problem. Even in the hotel yesterday, I had to sign, that we will neither smoke nor drink alcohol in the room. Unfortunately, the roadside is heavily littered with bottles, mainly beer and whisky. So somehow, they still get alcohol and drink it.
To us, it is remarkable how very friendly they are, its´a pleasure to be here and see that they try hard to keep there culture alive.
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