Monument Valley, Utah

[RobertJ.]

My wife and I just got home yesterday from a vacation in the desert. We spent two weeks in Scottsdale, Arizona, and had a great time. My wife has family in the Phx. area, so we got to see them. Our friends who live in Florida flew over and spent a week at the same resort we were at, and we did lots of fun stuff.

The highlight of the trip was going to Monument Valley, which lies on the Utah/AZ border in the NE corner of the state. I'd only seen it in photos and the movies, and it's one of the only places left in the US that I really wanted to see that I hadn't seen before.

Here are a few of the photos I took. You can almost imagine John Wayne riding through them. Well, not the highway. That would be Peter Fonda on a chopper.

 

[mauser9]

Thanks for the fine pics. I would love to see the states of Utah and Arizona as I hear they have some beautiful parks and scenery. Know I would go broke in the gift shops.

 

[Onomea]

I passed through there in 1992. A beautiful, awe-inspiring place.

 

[Watchdog]

My wife and I just got home yesterday from a vacation in the desert...The highlight of the trip was going to Monument Valley, which lies on the Utah/AZ border in the NE corner of the state...Here are a few of the photos I took. You can almost imagine John Wayne riding through them.

Love your photos!

Yes, you can just see John Wayne...

 

[RobertJ.]

Know I would go broke in the gift shops.

I didn't buy a single trinket! But I did ship home a large flat-rate box filled with petrified wood that I found in a couple places.

 

[blues7]

I last visited Monument Valley on a cross country motorcycle ride beginning in South FL. (6,000 miles in three weeks.)

Stunning vistas. Amazing country.

 

[Texas Star]

I read somewhere that the place is radioactive and causes cancer. ??

 

[ordnanceguy]

Excellent pics. Monument Valley has also been on my list of places to visit for many years. I will check that box sooner than later, I hope. Thanks for the post and the reminder.

 

[Andy Lowry]

The company I work for used to have a store in Monticello, UT, and I liked to go that way when I had to go there. A person has to be wary of the Winnebagos on a windy day.

 

[RobertJ.]

I read somewhere that the place is radioactive and causes cancer. ??

I hadn't heard that!

But when I go to the beach here, I still look for radioactive tsunami debris. A great name for a band, BTW!

 

[ParadiseRoad]

I read somewhere that the place is radioactive and causes cancer. ??

...and don't forget the aliens...(the extraterrestrial kind)...

 

[bigwheelzip]

Great Pics! Thanks for sharing.

Hard to beat the geology and beauty of Utah, and yes the images of John Ford westerns always spring to mind.

 

[ddixie884]

Back when I ran a flat bed, I drove all through that red rock country on back roads. I saw a lot of pretty country. Now that I'm always oversize I stay on the freeways.

 

[BearBio]

Been there, done that. Been a few years. Going back this fall.


Did you visit the old trading post in the valley where Ford & Co. stayed?


Had REAL Indian tacos (made with mutton) there!

 

[rwsmith]

Monument Valley a must see....

It's awesome. Other places I had to see was the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest. Meteor Crater, Sedona and of course the Grand Canyon were on my list. I loved our trip all around AZ and NM.

Later, we made another 'Great Circle' of the Rockies, the Tetons, Yellowstone, Wyoming and back down to Denver.

Keep me as far from fancy resorts as possible.

Another great trip was through OK where my brother lived. Gun museums, Cowboy Hall of Fame and LOTS ot stuff.

 

[427mach1]

We are heading out to Mancos, CO in July to scatter some ashes. While we are that far west, I made plans to see Capital Reef for a few days and swing through Monument Valley on the way back. I've always wanted to see the scenery that was filmed in so many western movies throughout the years.....

 

[RobertJ.]

Did you visit the old trading post in the valley where Ford & Co. stayed?

I didn't go into any shops. My souvenirs were all photographic. Here's a few more. That jagged peak that doesn't fit with the rest is El Capitan, just north of Kayenta:

 

[les.b]

I was there in the early 1970s. I hope to see it again some day. Thanks for sharing those great photos.

Best Regards, Lea

 

[BearBio]

I didn't go into any shops. My souvenirs were all photographic. Here's a few more. That jagged peak that doesn't fit with the rest is El Capitan, just north of Kayenta:

Too Bad=Great John Wayne/John Ford Museum there!

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Here's the John Wayne 'Capt. Brittles' cabin from Yellow Ribbon.
I knew I had it somewhere, found it on my desktop.