It's been a while since our last post. Since returning from our cross country trip back home, we've been pretty idle. After a year and half in Flagstaff, this place has started to feel like our home (for now). Because of that, we've caught ourselves taking for granted this incredible corner of the country where we live. Between falling into familiarity with Flagstaff, new jobs, and the stresses that come with life in 2017, our introverted natures got the best of us. This last weekend, however, we pushed ourselves to check something off our "Flagstaff Bucket List" and explore somewhere new: Navajo Nation. So we actually just explored one teeny, tiny corner of Navajo Nation. At a whopping 27,000 square miles, that's all we could do in one day. We'd passed through on our way to Telluride last year but hadn't actually taken the time to explore it. Our first stop was Elephant's Feet, a hard-to-miss roadside stop along 160. Being off season, we had these two, towering mountain pillars to ourselves. There's nothing more to do here that stretch your legs and admire the unique formations but it's definitely worth the stop. After, we had decided to catch the sunset at Coal Mine Canyon. Fifteen miles south of Tuba City, although it's just a short jaunt off 264, it's not the easiest to locate. It's unmarked and the last 1/4 mile of the drive is not on a distinguishable road. Regardless, it's passable in our new Subaru Forester but our old Honda Accord would have done just fine as well. Despite the brief difficulty in locating the canyon, the trouble is beyond worth it! There are a lot of canyons in this part of the country but this is probably my favorite one we've seen so far. Even though it was a Saturday night, we had the canyon to ourselves. It was indescribably peaceful and deafeningly silent. On the ride back home, we both agreed that it was exactly what our adventurous, but equally homebody souls needed.
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