Today we moved to Monument Valley. We had a really cool camp site up in a canyon. More red rock!! When we got there, this CAT moved in! He seemed friendly enough, but first he parked his butt under my steps and THEN he moved up to the table! He didn't even ask if he could move in! What nerve!
Do you BELIEVE THE NERVE OF
THIS GUY??
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Well, today was another SUCKY day for me! Mom and Dad left me in the trailer for the morning and went on another TOUR!! It seems that if you want to see anything around here (on the Navajo Land) you have to have a guide. For some reason, they don't let four legged critters on the tours - that SUCKS! When Mom and Dad came back they were laughing at me because they heard me crying - well - what did they expect??
Anyway, they felt sorry for me and fed me a good lunch - ham, turkey and cheese sandwich bites! Then we went back to the Visitor center at sunset for Mom to take pictures, but there were too many clouds to get any sunset pictures. Mom said she took over 300 pictures this morning of all the cool things they saw. They have names for almost all of the rock formations, so you have to have a pretty good imagination to see what the Navajo see. (See some of the pictures below.)
Monday, October 18, 2010
Surprise! We woke up to a rain shower this morning, so Mom decided it was a good morning for hotcakes and sausage - YUMMMM! It quit raining right after breakfast, so we loaded up and headed to Bluff, UT. On the way, Mom took MORE pictures of Monument Valley and we also saw a rock they call Mexican Hat! It really DOES look like a Mexican hat! After we got all set up at camp, Dad took us on ANOTHER one of his "off road trips" (he always seems to know where to go so Mom can get some great pictures). We went through a place called the Valley of the Gods. It had a lot of rock formations that had weird names for them. Like Mom said, you really have to have a great imagination to see some of these....like 'sitting hen', 'seven sailors', and, 'woman in a bathtub'? Very strange...
After that we went up a VERY STEEP grade called Moki Dugway, and we could see all the way back to Monument Valley! WOW, what a view!
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| This is called "Mittens" can you see them? Monument Valley |
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| Look by the right side of the truck - Dad is wearing the green hat and red shirt - this is called "Sky Eye" - this is HUGE! Monument Valley |
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| This is me at the Mittens at sunset. Monument Valley |
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| This is called 'Woman in a Bathtub' in Valley of the Gods - use your imagination! |
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| These are the switchbacks at Moki Dugway - the background is Monument Valley - some 20 to 30 miles away! |
We will be off to do more exploring today then move again tomorrow - going further East I think?
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