October 28, 2011 Part 1 – Travel to Monument Valley

We left our little spot at the Elks, stopped at the Carwash on 20th and Dustin to dump and off went went to the west – :-).

(Note: Picture intensive blog!)

Shiprock seen from the town of Shiprock:

 

And the road goes on…  High Desert – Elevation over 4000’:

Cows/Cattle along the way:

AWESOME!:

Red sandy and rocks:

Into Arizona:

More cattle and horses – lots of wild horses:

The road continues on:

and on, but wait, what is that in the distance:

Huge rocks just jutting up from the landscape:

Waves in the rocks:

Strange swirls in the rocks - (aliens???):

Everything is so red:

Homes dotting the landscape:

A BIG home dotting the landscape:

More of those strange rocks:

Wonder what this means:

And they continue to get more numerous:

We stopped at the Burger King in Kayenta.   Although I am not a big fan of BK, this one had an exhibit on items from King Mike who was a Navajo Code Talker in World War II – very interesting.

Leaving Kayenta and heading into Monument Valley – more of those HUGE ROCKS:

 

And we have arrived!

(Because this is so picture intensive, I will have a part 2 for the rest of our day.

Miles Traveled: 155 Miles

Routes Traveled:

New Mexico: Airport Road; Municipal Drive, E 20th Street (stop to dump); E. 20th Street; Butler Avenue, US-64

Arizona: US-64; US-160; US-163;

Utah: US-163; Monument Valley Road

Arizona: Monument Valley Road