In another two miles down the road everything will be desert.

South of Recapture Lake, it all dries up.

This famous trading post was closed. Good for me as I was in the mood to spend some money.................................NOT

I never like seeing this sign when I'm on the Wing

I pass within thirty miles of places like this all of the time but rarely take the detour.

Today it is the destination

Was this a bank? 

They might be ruins, but how are you going to look after 800 years?

They built most of this stuff on top of big rocks on the canyon rim.

Some of these are several hundred square feet

They built this one inside of an eroded rock.....very cool

Some are apparent homes, some a little harder to figure out.

I wonder if these were ever bought and sold like we do our homes today?

Better lighting on the eroded rock one.

A little different angle. I couldn't make the whole trail, so I missed a few. Still, I enjoyed seeing them and letting my mind wander a bit.

The open range meant horses too

Quite a few

"The Loner"

There were a lot of potholes in the road. Dodging them at 60 mph was good sport.

Riding across Navajo Country on Hwy 191

Beautiful scenery diminished a bit by the telephone poles.

Two big rocks sitting there for no reason but my enjoyment.

I liked the face of this rock

I ridden this road a few times and never paid much attention the to badlands up this way.

They are actually quite pretty, but not quite a colorful as those in the painted desert near Holbrook

I guess this is the last picture I took before pulling into St Johns, AZ for the night. It's starting to get a little smokey. A guy I talked to at the last fuel stop said they were doing some controlled burns. I hope that's all it is.