{"id":13583,"date":"2021-01-12T04:24:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T11:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=13583"},"modified":"2021-12-03T05:39:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T12:39:42","slug":"cliff-dwellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=13583","title":{"rendered":"Cliff dwellers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been home from Alaska<\/strong> for almost a whole week. Having successfully survived traveling extensively during a pandemic, I felt more confident trying to resume my normal exploratory routine going forward, and so I scrambled trying to find something to do last minute for the upcoming Labor Day weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

After some blood, sweat and tears I found what seemed to be the last accommodation available in the Vermillion Cliffs area. The open desert landscape of the Navajo Nation was exactly the setting I was looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deja-vu hits me<\/strong>, I’ve been to Cliff Dwellers<\/a> before. In 2017 I stopped by the ruins quickly, accidentally calling the place the cave dwellers. That is the great thing about history, it remains steadfast no matter who misinterprets the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I stay in a refurbished home<\/strong> that is way too large for a single person. It certainly could have been (and most likely was at some point) lodging for a polygamous Mormon family, or a ranch house for the cowboys that worked the land years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nestled at the base of the Vermillion Cliffs<\/a>, I take in the universe on full display, from the sun rising over House Rock Valley to the Milky Way shimmering along the darkness of night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is the perfect base camp<\/strong> to explore the surrounding area, from slot canyons to fishing in the Colorado river. Let another long weekend of outdoor adventures commence….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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