Walnut Canyon, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Wupatki National Monuments

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We took a day trip to three national monuments east and north of Flagstaff, Arizona: Walnut Canyon, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Wupatki National Monuments:

Map

Starting with Walnut Canyon National Monument, with cliff dwellings:

Walnut Canyon National Monument

Visitor center video:

Visitor center video

Model:

Model

Walnut Canyon path:

Walnut Canyon path

Walnut Canyon:

Walnut Canyon
Walnut Canyon
Info
Walnut Canyon
Walnut Canyon
Structure
Info
Structure
Structure

Then the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument:

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Visitor center
Visitor center
Info

Lava field:

Lava field
Lava field

Lizard:

Lizard
Lava field
Lava field
Lava field
Info
Lava field

Lastly, Wupatki National Monument, with pueblo communities:

Wupatki National Monument

The Wukoki house was our favorite part of all three parks:

Info sign
Wukoki house
Wukoki house
Info sign
Wukoki house
Wukoki house
Wukoki house
Wukoki house
Wukoki house
Wukoki house
Wukoki house
Wukoki house

Very windy:

Jenn & David
Wukoki house
Wukoki house
Wukoki house
Wukoki house
Wukoki house
Wukoki house
Wukoki house

Visitor center:

Visitor center
Visitor center
Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo:

Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo

In our travels, we encountered lots of tumbleweeds:

Tumbleweeds
Tumbleweeds
Tumbleweed GIF