Wed. we took a 250 mile drive in the car. We went east from Holbrook on I-40 and then north on 191 to Ganado where we saw the Hubbell Trading Post. It is a trading post that dates back to the 1860's. The Navajo, Hopi and Apache Indians traded wool and such for the necessities they needed. It is now run by the national park service and on the National Register of Historic places. See photo lower right.
Next it was west on 264 to the Hopi Indian Villages located atop the mesas with a stop at Keems Canyon for an authentic Hopi meal at noon. We had a soup made with hominy, onion, spice and some kind of meat along with fry bread. It was really very tasty. The villages are atop 3 different mesa's. Unlike the Acona village at Grants, NM these have electricity and are inhabited year round. I talked to a Hopi man and he indicated that most have running water also. Photo top left. It was back toward i-40 on RT 87 traveling through the Painted Desert before heading back east on I-40to Holbrook. The area we were in is very poor land covered with Junipers, rock and very little grass. On Rt 264 between Ganado and the Hopi mesa's there are many Indian homes along the way.
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