Stolen from the Internet "Monument Valley, a red-sand desert region on the Arizona-Utah border, is known for the towering sandstone buttes of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. The park, frequently a filming location for Western movies, is accessed by the looping, 17-mile Valley Drive."

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Sunrise from our campsite. Camping in a tent is very different from RVing. I have to admit that I'm enjoying it but knowing it's only for a couple of days at time helps.

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This area likes to promote that it was the filming location for a number of John Wayne movies.

The Mesas, buttes and spires are beautiful. I'm only posting a few of the amazing photos Ed took.

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We stopped for lunch at the View Restaurant, part of the Navajo hotel The View. We had a Navajo taco on fry bread, Navajo green chili stew with fry bread and Navajo tea. They were very good.

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The view from our table at lunch.

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An art shot. The dolls are on a window ledge and the butte of course is outside.

Leaving Monument Valley we drove north east to enjoy the scenery.

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Not sure why, but taking a photo from the middle of road was a popular thing to do.

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Bridge over the San Juan River.

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Desert flowers.

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Valley of the Gods is on BLM land. There was a 25 km drive through this area.

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