Most Arizonans take exception to the Daylight Saving Time observed by the rest of America. Arizona tried DST for a year (1967), but decided the extra hour of daylight was not necessarily a good thing. But then there's the Navajo Rejection of the Arizona Exception: the northeast corner of Arizona is part of the Navajo Nation (which extends across three states) and in an effort to keep the same time
on the entire reservation, they observe DST. However, the Hopi Tribe doesn't agree with the Navajo DST decision. Yes, the Hopi Reservation, which is completely enclosed by the Navajo Nation, has declined DST... resulting in the Hopi Repudiation of the Navajo Rejection of the Arizona Exception. Finally, there's Tuba City, located in the western reaches of the Navajo Nation, just east of Arizona's palefaces, just west of the main Hopi Reservation and just north of the Hopi Reservation's exclave (not enclave) containing Moenkopi. Tuba City is caught between the Hopi and a hard place. Navajo tribal offices and schools in Tuba City observe DST, but most businesses don't ("so as not to confuse the tourists"). In Tuba City, it's possible to walk next door and enter a whole different time zone. I recently heard about a hotel in Tuba City that has a bank of clocks near the front desk, showing the different times observed in different parts of town:
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PS: The community of Jeddito, Arizona, southeast of Tuba City, lies within an exclave of the Navajo Nation, which is surrounded by the Hopi Reservation, which is surrounded by the Navajo Nation. If you decided to drive the 88 miles from Jeddito to Tuba City on Route 264, you would start in DST (Jeddito, Navajo exclave), switch to standard time (Hopi Reservation), switch back to DST (Navajo Nation), switch back to standard time (Moenkopi, Hopi exclave) and switch back to DST (Tuba City, Navajo Nation). And if you began your drive 20 miles east of Jeddito, in Steamboat Canyon, you could add two more time zone changes, to visit a grand total of seven time zones during your 108-mile trip on Route 264 (actually, you need to drive only 96 miles to get the full effect). West-East mileage FROM Tuba City: 0.0, 11.1, 18.1, 83.2, 90.2, 95.9. East-West mileage TO Tuba City: 0.0, 5.7, 12.7, 77.8, 84.8, 95.9. Ref: https://snzltr.blogspot.com/search/label/264
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