We arrived at the Rv Park at Monument Valley Wednesday afternoon about 4:30. We drove the last 50 miles or so in a dust storm that at times cut visibility to about 100 yards. The wind gusts were hitting us from the side at about 40 to 50 m.p.h. Needless to say we were pretty well worn out when we got here. About 6:00 the winds began to settle down, and we were able to start to see the fantastic scenery. We are surrounded by huge red rock formations in the RV Park. Today (Thursday) we took a 14 mile drive out thru the rock formations. The sun was shining and the air was clear. It is hard to believe that places like this exist. The scenery is nothing short of spectacular. We took so many pictures that we ran out of memory. We had to download them to the computer to go back out to get a few more at sunset. This place ranks up there with Bryce, Zion, Yosemite, Glacier, and Yellowstone Parks. We're glad we decided to take this side trip!
Tomorrow we will be heading out in the morning for Provo Utah. We should get in in the late afternoon. We will be getting together with Tom and Jandora for dinner. Joyce and Jandora are old high school friends. We haven't seen them since passing thru Salt Lake City on our original "Big Adventure" in 2008. Saturday we should be closing in on Boise Idaho. then on to the Hermiston Oregon vicinity on Sunday. We probably will be rolling into Seattle during Monday's rush hour. Then it will be back to normal (?) at least for a while.
Ernie Having trouble adding pictures. Will try again tomorrow. Still having problems! Got a few pictures up, but can't add captions. They speak for themselves.
2 comments:
All I can say is WOW!!!!! Those pictures are great. It's so beautiful there, no wonder you ran out of memory in your camera, that place would put anyone in a picture taking frenzy. So many Kodak moments and so little time.
Seattle at rush hour....um...you may want to rethink that one, but than your braver than I am. The thought of driving that huge motor home in traffic would terrify me.
Keep on trucking.....(more trucker talk, I've got to be more selective on the movies I watch)...Diane
Absolutely spectacular! Ernie under that enormous boulder made me nervous! YIKES! Can't believe your trip is almost coming to an end. What beautiful pictures you took along the way - good job! See you next week!
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