Arrival at Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site 6/19/2014

We drove from Winslow north on Hwy 87 to the intersection with AZ 264 which took us to Keams Canyon on the Hopi Reservation.  We stopped at McGee's Trading Post for our daily fix of jewelry.  On to Hubbell, where Betsy met her prime contact and signed in and we received the only keys to the hogan and another key to the front gate.  We parked as close to the hogan as we could and started hauling stuff in and in no time we seemed to have everything put away.  We think that our travel trailer experiences of living in confined quarters will help in the next few days. I've already posted a picture of the exterior of the hogan so here's what it looks like inside.  Top left photo is of the LR/DR/BR.  Next picture is of the fantastic fireplace.  It's made almost entirely of petrified wood and there are pottery bowls, a stone axe head, what appears to be a fossilized tusk, a metate for grinding corn, and some fossilized sticks in the chimney part.  Everytime I look at it I see something new.  The final picture is of the kitchen area.  We don't have A/C but the airflow is good and we brought fans in case it gets hot.  We were told that we wouldn't have internet but we do.  Cell phone service is spotty.  Really weird radio reception--can't get anything FM, but get a couple AM stations.  One AM station is religious broadcasting and the announcers speak in both English and Navajo.  Sometimes even the songs they play are in both languages.  The other AM station we can pick up is an all Navajo language station with some music. I was listening yesterday and the announcer was talking about something in Navajo and then said the English words "absentee ballot".  Must not be Navajo words for that.  All of the staff here are wonderful to work with.  The trading post closes at 6 PM and everyone goes home, locking the main gate, except Betsy and I and one other site employee.  We made dinner last night, then walked around the deserted property and it felt so odd.  The one other site employee that stays here is leaving today after work and won't return until Sunday or Monday so it'll be just Betsy and I for the next couple of nights.