Sunday morning we departed Chaco Canyon after some hiking. Headed west, did some shopping in Farmington and headed to Shiprock to spend the night. Shiprock got it's name from a huge natural monument several miles out of town, it can be seen for miles from any direction and is considered scared by the Navajo. Farmington is in the Navajo Indian Reservation. The description on the only RV park there says it is on the river, great views of Shiprock and a laundromat. From what we could determine there were no other parks for many miles and we were tired. Surprise, the park no longer had a laundromat, the view of Shiprock was obscured by power lines and no view of a river. What it did have was horses, no leash laws and dogs all over the place, some kind of tailless rodents running about, mostly permanent trailers no newer that 20 years old and lots of dirt and dust. Not wanting to drive more hours we took a spot. If you saw the Hitchcock movie Physco you must remember the scary Bates Motel. Well this place got kind of scary, at dusk a 3rd pickup drove up to the 18ft trailer next to us and 2 native men and a women got out. The men were drunk and started fighting and chasing one another around the truck, we quickly locked up and prepared to drive off even though we were hooked to water and elect. Fortunately they wore out after awhile and one passed out in the back of the truck where he spent the night and probably slept more soundly than we did.
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