I have heard of Monument Valley before in NE AZ and SE UT, but no matter what you have heard or seen about it visiting it in person makes all other info pale in comparison. We were headed to Moab UT about 100 miles past Monument Valley and just happened to take the road through the valley. It was a narrow two lane road with narrow to no shoulders; at some places the only thing between the road and abyss below was a 6-8 inch thick concrete wall! Don't know how good it would have been in stopping an RV from taking the plunge!
Most of Monument Valley is Navaho Indian Reservation and there is a visitor center shortly after you enter the valley, but we did not stop because we were not expecting much! WOW – talk about a major mistake! As we drove through the valley we were greeted by one monumental natural structure after another. Many times we were looking a multiple ones on the landscape, all just visually spectacular.
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| One of many spires! |
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| A plateau |
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| A basalt wall raising suddenly from the desert floor! |
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| Another massive uplift in the middle of the desert! |
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| This was named Mexican Hat and was near a town of same name! |
Remember as you look at these that the pics don't really do it justice! We will drive back thru Monument Valley at some future point and stop to learn more and see more next time!! A beautiful place in the beautiful West! BTW - it was the background in many of the old Western movies since the early days of movie making! John Wayne loved the area and made a number of movies here!
Always at home no matter where we are!
Been there and it is spectacular. Seems like every western we've ever seen was filmed there.
ReplyDeleteIf your coming back through that area you should go to the Valley of the Gods. The road out is a switchback and I'm pretty sure the RV will not make the turns but, it is pretty.