Road Trip 2015 - #11 Monument Valley

September 29, 2015 - How many times have we watched the old western movies on TV and seen the huge red spires jutting from the earth with no explanation, rhyme or reason.  Monument Valley sits just east of Lake Powell.  We arrived on Navajo land and this is what we saw.

We dropped the camper in parking lot and took the truck into the monument.  We now know that the monument is best viewed from a distance.  Up close seemed to take some of the mystery and enormity away.  Each structure was amazing but they are best appreciated in groups as a part of the overall landscape.

We didn't camp at Monument Valley, just spent a couple of hours there.  From here we took a very interesting drive up Hwy 191 to Moab.  Pulling a 34' 15K lb camper through steep grade terrain...well, let's just call it "interesting."