Leaving the Grand Canyon behind, we headed to Kayenta, in Navajo County, Arizona. It was located about 300 km away from the Grand Canyon. On our way of driving to Kayenta, we dropped in several places. The first place we dropped in was a native Indian souvenir shop. They sold many beautiful goods for reasonable prices. The scenery from the shop was also very nice.
After that, we visited Tuba City, Arizona to fill up gas in our car. And also, we bought a bottle of water, some fruits and some snacks at the drugstore run by native Indian. I love to see and eat fruits in foreign countries beacause they are almost, always, very different from those of Japanese.
Rina was holding a pear. The shape of pears and the shape of watermelons were quite different from that of Japanese ones. The color of apples was much darker than that of Japanese ones.
Kayenta is located immediately south of Monument Valley. Monument Valley is located on the southern border of Utah with northern Arizona.
We could see Monument Valley in the evening after four hours driving from the Grand Canyon. It was a bit cloudy, though I impressed the scenery and color of the ground.
We went to the restaurant that served native Indian dishes. We had native Indian steak, hamburger, pizza and drinks.
Do you know this house? It is a hogan. A hogan is the primary traditional home of the Navajo people. There are two main hogans: The male hogan and the female hogan. The hogan in the picture is a female Hogan. A female hogan houses the Navajo family and is larger than a male hogan where ceremonial rituals take place. 
Hogans have wooden frames; packed clay or mud seals the frame, providing insulation in winter and keeping the heat out in summer. Hogan in the Navajo language means "home place."
A hogan should have an entrance facing east and a smoke hole and chimney hole at the top. The doorway or opening should face east so the sun's rays of the morning can go directly into the inner part of the home. The sun also carries thoughts, planning and materialistic things of value. The materialistic things of value are the four hard stones: White bead from the east, Turquoise from the south, Abalone from the west, and Black jet from the north. When the sun goes directly overhead at noon, it shines through the smoke hole. It also carries materialistic things of necessity, variety of food, thinking and philosophy of every day life.(Information Source Vanderbilt University)
