First Window Rock Adventure

So this afternoon I had a little fun in Window Rock.  I got back from class around 2:30 and waited for a brief shower to end to go on a run.  I ran about 4.25 miles from campus to the Window Rock Monument, which I found out is right next to the Navajo Nation Council Chamber.  It's actually a really small building, smaller than it looks in pictures.  It's maybe about the size of a slightly large suburban house.


Anyway, I stopped at a lemonade stand near the rock and wandered around for a bit...


Window Rock

Memorial for Navajo POWs from WWII

Statue immortalizing the role of the Navajo in WWII.  After the Japanese had broken every code, the US military created a code based on the Navajo language, an unwritten language.  The Japanese never cracked the code.  According to the Naval Historical Center, six Navajo code talkers worked around the clock at Iwo Jima, sending over 800 messages with no problem.  Major Howard Connor, an officer at Iwo Jima, stated, "Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima."

More Window Rock

Navajo Council Chamber (Took this hidden picture; wasn't sure if I was allowed...all the Navajo government buildings are here.)

Storm coming

Some sort of black and red bug that I keep seeing

Navajo taco and fry bread.  Taco comes with ground mutton.  Mutton is basically adult lamb and tastes like a leaner version of beef.  Fry bread is a greasy sugarless elephant ear...would go well with powdered sugar and honey.