The Mesa's Around Us

What a country!  We do have a great love for all environments including the high desert.  The mesa's are beautiful.  The trees are very different.  There are a lot of wild horses (and dogs) around but right now they do not all look so good.  Elder Parkinson is having a ball trying to attrack birds and name all the plants and animals.  He has also learned we are in a different world here.

The above pictures are first a natural arch that we saw near Blanding Utah as we were coming  to Many Farms.
The next picture is a mesa that is just north of us and is located near Round Rock AZ.
The next two pictures are pictures of Bishop Benally's children in front of the old family Hogan.  They do not live there but their family lived there at one time.  The next pic is of the hogan
The next pic was taken north of Many Farms. My pickup is in a wash.  A wash is where water runs after a rain storm, we might call it a flood. Notice that there are cottonwood trees here near the water.
The next pic is of a pinion pine at a place called Rough Rock.  Marie bought some treasures here from the Navajo at the Rough Rock trading Post
The next pic is of a modern hogan that we found.
The last picture is of an ent like you would find in the lord of the Rings.