Monument Valley - be glad we don't show slides anymore

We finally got to see one of Earth’s most beautiful places.

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Arriving in Monument Valley from Kayenta.

We had started the day in Taos and driven through immense, beautiful, empty country.

The view from our motel room

Goulding's Inn was a wonderful place to stay.

Full-day tour of Mystery Vallen and Monument Valley

We took a full day Goulding's Inn tour that started at 9am and ended at 5pm.

There were 10 of us in an open-air vehicule with a flat metal top to protect us from the sun. It mostly worked.

Our guide was named David, a Navaho man who was, I would guess, in his late 50s or early 60s.

Mystery Valley

Mystery Valley is south of Monument Valley and is private in some sense that I don’t understand. The only way to see it is by tour; people are not allowed to drive through it, although there is nothing obvious to stop people.

Monument Valley

In the afternoon, after a wonderful lunch grilled by David, we went to tourist-infested Monument Valley. It was incredible.