Monument Valley, Utah

From the cold and snow we moved to the cold and windy. Arrived at Monument Valley visitor's centre early yesterday morning and the first thing we saw was a herd of sheep going through the parking lot. (see picture above) No shepherd, just two dogs working the sheep and keeping them moving. I've never seen that in a parking lot before.

After getting set up in the primitive camping area, there is only one camping area, we had lunch and Mary decided to make cookies and home-made bread before we drove through Monument Valley. It is a 17 mile drive and takes about 90 minutes allowing yourself time to stop and take pictures.

It's a dirt road through the park, very rough and you really need a high clearance vehicle for travel. You can also take an open truck tour but we felt it was rather cold  for us to sit out in the open in the back of a pick-up truck. We opted to drive ourselves.

Everyone wants their picture taken with the monuments in the background so we often had to wait for the view to clear of tourists. Of course every view also had Navajo Indians selling beautiful hand made jewellery so there was lots to do while one waited.

This view is called the "Back Window" for obvious reasons.

Twisted trees, that survived as best they could against the constant wind and summer droughts.

Looking across the valley with a splendid view of the monuments.

Safe travels everyone.