DAY 27

We spent the morning at Earl's, a diner in Gallup with a weekly local jewelry market out front. After downing some waffles and hashbrowns, we talked to the management and were told we could do interviews in front of the diner. We came across many friendly, interested, informed people, but also found a bit of reluctance to speak on camera because of taboos regarding filming and photography in Navajo culture. Fortunately, there were many people at least stopping to chat, so we were able to interview a few people of Zuni heritage before heading off to Arizona.

We got to the Grand Canyon at sundown and were able to do a fantastic interview despite the cold weather (there was snow on the ground) and gusts of wind.

The hotel we stayed at had a pumpkin carving competition, allowing us to have a little bit of Halloween on the road. Meredith took first place in the adult category, and Mike took third. We forgot to take pictures of the pumpkins or we would have posted them...