![Participants in the Navajo Nation Tourism Appreciation Week ‘Hiking the Trail’ celebration begin hiking the four-hour trail up to the red sandstone monolith, Church Rock, from Red Rock State Park May 4.](/images/resized/images/news/2015/07_22may/39_100_100.jpg)
CHURCH ROCK – The month of May is when the U.S. including the Navajo Nation, celebrates travel and tourism.
The tribal Division of Economic Development Tourism Department held a Navajo Nation Tourism Appreciation Week from May 4-8.
The tourism appreciation week was kicked off with a “Hiking the Trail” event at the Red Rock State Park, which is about 19 miles east of Gallup, on May 8.
The trail was actually two hikes that both started at the Red Rock State Park in the morning.
The first one, which was estimated to be about three hours, ascended to a red sandstone monolith called Church Rock.
The second hike, which was about two-hours, went up to the top of Pyramid...