Fluted Rock
el. 8304' + Opice

Monkey reaches the summit in the comfort of his companion's backpack.

"I had to ride. This air is too high for breathing. I'm a sea-level monkey."

Should you wonder if that makes him a sea monkey...

"I heard that! Don't go there," he warns.

2 roads split beside a piney wood,
And sorry, I've got no time for both
So this here traveler did as should
Climbed a rock from which I could
See where each one went.

Now I'm telling this from on high
Atop my vantage a little tense
2 roads split beside a wood, and I--
Chose the one looked best from sky
And blew the other off.

Opice pointedly redirects the conversation, "The view is spectacular!" He follows-up with a question. "Where's the flutes? I don't hear any flutes."

What Monkey doesn't understand is he's standing on them. Fluted Rock is a volcanic remnant north north (north) west of Window Rock, a bit south (and east) of the intersection of Navajo Highways 28 and 7. It's name comes from the polygon shaped rock columns comprising it. As they break off they leave a fluted edge around the lava core.

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Sort of an aerial view left.

Close-up of left at right.
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mountain, the reservation, and the earth. "I'm all," he keeps repeating like a mantra.
(Don't disturb him. He's being quiet.)

When this magma cooled it shrank on all axes. By the nature of the material it cracked at approx. 120° angels to the plane thus tending to form hexagonal posts.

"I knew that," Monkey butts in.