Monument Valley

Bidding adieu to our Myakkan friends in Moab, Katrina and I set out on our own for the long trip back east and south to our winter home at the Myakka River Motorcoach Resort. We were sad to depart, but looked forward to warmer weather and to get out of the dirt and grit.

On the drive down we passed through Mexican Hat, I wonder how it got its’ name?

Our first stop was at the KOA in Monument Valley where we had not been before. What a wonderful area! The KOA was nothing to write home about, but the views:

We arrived in time to backtrack up the road to get some pictures and to stop at the roadside Indian jewelry places.

The next day we paid the fee to access the Indian Tribal Lands and tour the monuments.

First stop was to see the Mittens – East and West:

From there we stopped at the Merrick Butte:

Then onto the Elephant Butte:

Three Sisters was aptly named:

We took a break at John Ford’s Point and grabbed Indian Fry Bread and a Navajo Taco at the little stand:

Both were excellent! There was a Native American selling photos of you on a horse at the point. Although we didn’t indulge, we thought the idea was unique. We did get some pictures of Bear on the point:

After getting back in the truck we got pictures of Camel Butte:

Then we drove around to witness the Totem Pole:

Probably the best pictures that we got were from the Artist Point Overlook:

What a vista!

The we drove over to the North Windows Overlook and let Bear out to run since there wasn’t anyone there:

Nearby was the Thumb:

We headed back to the Busse Bus to relax and catch up on some TV. Our plans for the next day were to drive to Grants, NM and since it was windy we wanted to give ourselves extra time because we knew we would be driving slower.

As we were packing up the next morning we had Bear tied up outside as he loves watching the world go by. Well, this morning he got an eyeful as a flock of sheep strolled through the campground:

I can tell you that he sure wanted to be off that line and herding those sheep. It was a little difficult to get him into the coach to leave as he felt that he had a job to do.