Do you appreciate locally owned businesses, regional shops or mom and pop restaurants? Well, Chinle, AZ, in the Navajo Nation, delivers on all counts. This sand blown town lacks in what we suburban dwellers have come to expect in exterior aesthetics, but man do they ever have a feel all their own. Situated in the Four Corners area, prevailing southwestern influences dominate in the choice of apparel. Most folks wear jeans sans bling, plain tee shirts rather than high priced glitzy ones, boots over crocs and cowboy hats over baseball caps. Sure, some of the "trendy" items are worn, but not to the degree as in cities like Atlanta, Miami and other metropolitan areas.
Unbridled horses galloped along the roadside. You just don't see that very often. Farmland and rolling desert brush provided more familiar and very appealing field of vision on my morning jog. After scouting out the main cross roads, I ran through a dry wash. There were no prints, animal or human, in the sand. That made the deserted location seem all the more isolated. Unfortunately, the wash created a little wind tunnel of sorts. So, I headed back out to the road where I enjoyed the distinctive character of the city.
See things differently. Run.
Tom
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