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Large -- Medium A cactus flower in our front yard before departure. |
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Large -- Medium We arrived at the dune area on the Navajo reservation. After speaking to Ed Goldtooth, the rancher, we proceeded toward the Ward Terrace. But first, we encountered this pack of 3 llamas! |
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Large -- Medium Longitudinal dunes, with the San Francisco Peaks on the horizon. |
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Large -- Medium Colin's vehicle, containing him and Ralph, driving toward the dunes. |
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Large -- Medium This first dune that we stopped at was stabilized by vegetation, mostly. |
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Large -- Medium Vehiculage. |
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Large -- Medium Looking along one of the dunes. |
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Large -- Medium A sense of the interdune spacing. |
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Large -- Medium Gwen in the XTerra with the dogs. |
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Large -- Medium Getting closer to the sandstone cliff that is the sand source for the dunes behind Gwen. |
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Large -- Medium First glance at the towering sandstone cliffs of Ward Terrace. |
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Large -- Medium Taun We on sandstone. |
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Large -- Medium The sandstone is well-cemented, but is weathering into sand that forms the dunes. |
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Large -- Medium Schamali climbs a hill to the cliffside. |
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Large -- Medium I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to Mom and Dad in case I ever, when faced with a cliff, walked right up to the edge and looked over. |
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Large -- Medium The dunes start at the top of these channels. |
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Large -- Medium Beautiful view from the top. |
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Large -- Medium Colin. |
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Large -- Medium Me and Gwen. |