Rock Slide at Castle Rock

Rock Slide at Castle Rock, originally uploaded by artist_charleentouchette.

This rock face has a series of hand and foot holds and several slides carved into it from generations of Dine (Navajo) children sliding down its sandstone face. The rock slide was in our backyard when we lived in Tuba City. The picture shows Jacques and Sage sliding with their Dine friends. Nearly everyday, we'd walk the dogs and goats to Castle Rock past this Rock Slide.

Follow this link to a slide show of Navajo Nation Then and Now with photos by Charleen Touchette and S. Barry Paisner.
Canyon de Chelly, Castle Rock and other places in Navajo Nation where the boys grew up in the mid-1980s and riding in on the floor of the canyon over twenty years later in 2007.

Here's the link to the slide show http://flickr.com/photos/touchart/sets/72157604081112965/show/