I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 383.

Today the Amateur Traveler talks about slot canyons, towering mesas, and ancestral Pueblo people ruins

as we go to the Navajo Nation.

I know that I should be heading home.

But maybe not, maybe not today.

Welcome to the Amateur Traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. This episode of

The Amateur Traveler is again sponsored by Viatore. I found 16 different tours

that go to the Navajo Nation from various parts of Arizona,

Flagstaff, Sedona, and Phoenix. They range from day tours from 70 trips and

start as little as a hundred dollars. If you go to amateur traveler.com slash tours then amateur traveler gets credit.

Before we get into this week's episode, I do have three news stories for you.

And the first one is bizarre.

I kind of wish that this had come from the onion.com.

There's apparently a credible threat that Al Qaeda is planning attacks on airlines

flying out of London using breast implant suicide bombs.

This is obviously not good and I'm going to assume that this is not a story that was

made up by the TSA just so they could do better pat-downs.

In good news for travelers, Priceline.com has done a survey that says the staycation is dead.

Well, what they really said is that 83% of Americans say they plan to a vacation away from home this year.

87% say they return relaxed after a family vacation.

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