Monument Valley

This morning we drove from Lake Powell to Blanding, Utah. This is an example where it’s not the destination (there is NOTHING in Blanding) but the journey. We drove to the Navajo National Memorial in northern Arizona. We met John Bahe Smith, a Navajo artist. The kids really liked a small painting he did of Monument Valley, “Totem Pole,” so they chipped in and bought it. We will have to find just the right frame and mat for it. We took a walk to the overlook of some Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings. An appetizer for our trip to Mesa Verde.

Next stop – the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. We’ve seen these structures before but what is so striking here is the flat land. And then – WOW! A pinnacle, butte, tower jutting into the landscape. It really made me think of Cars…

Oh, and for dinner – Navajo Tacos. I’m stuffed!