After walking nearly a mile on a muddy road, Alford Nez changes his boots and then removes his protective coveralls before getting into his truck Monday along Hwy. 602 south of Gallup. Nez said the mud "doesn't bother me, we need the moisture." (Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent)

A pitbull barks in its cage at the Humane Society's Animal Control Center along Highway 491 in Gallup. The Navajo Nation is considering a ban on vicious dogs on the reservation. (Independent File Photo)

Pat Gonzales, a delivery driver for Gallup Propane, secures chains to his truck's rear wheels before making a delivery Monday on Uprooted Tree Road south of Gallup. The truck, which is four-wheel drive, needed the chains for extra traction to travel through the mud. Gonzales said the roads are so bad in many spots that they are not able to make many of their deliveries, and all they can do is try their best to reach people. (Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent)