{"id":255,"date":"2015-02-03T05:59:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T05:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/?p=255"},"modified":"2015-02-03T05:59:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T05:59:33","slug":"big-west-trip-day-5-changing-landscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"Big West Trip-Day 5   Changing Landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If today had a theme it would be Changing Landscapes.\u00a0 Our trek took us across northern New Mexico and northern Arizona, and through some of the most rugged, but beautiful, terrain imaginable. There&#8217;s at least a dozen adjectives I could use to describe some of the places we traveled through, but the ones that\u00a0pop in mind are wild, rugged, majestic and even serene.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/landscape6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-256\" src=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/landscape6-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"landscape6\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/landscape5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-257\" src=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/landscape5-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"landscape5\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/landscape4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-258\" src=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/landscape4-300x107.jpg\" alt=\"landscape4\" width=\"300\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/landscape10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-259\" src=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/landscape10-300x131.jpg\" alt=\"landscape10\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/landscape8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-260 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/landscape8-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"landscape8\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our one goal today was to take a 5-hour detour of our planned route and\u00a0travel northwest to visit the Four Corners\u00a0Monument on the Navajo Reservation. Owned and operated by the Navajos, this unique attraction in the middle of nowhere, is the only place in the U.S. where\u00a0you can stand, or actually kneel,\u00a0 in four different states at the same time-Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. While we were there we met some very nice Navajo women, including Lynn who creates\u00a0hand-crafted paintings of their customs and beliefs on sandstone, along with a complete written story of each,\u00a0and\u00a0Barbara and Daisy who provided us a fresh-made Navajo Frybread to eat (kinda like a funnel cake). We had\u00a0a very enjoyable conversation with Barbara who shared with us that her cousin actually moved to Philadelphia 40 years ago, and about her Angora Goats,\u00a0which she had brought with her, and were out grazing as her dog watched over them.\u00a0\u00a0Tyler and I really enjoyed speaking to them and learning a little about their proud, Navajo history. We both said that we want to return and spend some more time here!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ty4corners2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-261\" src=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ty4corners2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ty4corners2\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ty4corners1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-262\" src=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ty4corners1-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"Ty4corners1\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/goatdog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-263 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/goatdog-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"goatdog\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbara&#8217;s Angora Goats and their\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 watchdog graze at Four Corners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-264\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/antelope2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-264 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/antelope2-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"antelope2\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pronghorn Antelope watch us carefully as we snap their photo in northern AZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As we ended our day in Flagstaff under clear skies and a full moon, we were treated to a great visit (and delicious meal) by my dad and Joyce, who had traveled north from Tucson for a few days and meet up with up his son, and grandson! Thanks Pa! We Love You!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/woodguys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-265 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/woodyoutdoors.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/woodguys-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"woodguys\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three generations of Wood guys meet up in Flagstaff, AZ!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If today had a theme it would be Changing Landscapes.\u00a0 Our trek took us across northern New Mexico and northern Arizona, and through some of the most rugged, but beautiful, terrain imaginable. 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