Monument Valley, Arizona
This past weekend I was lucky enough to take another road trip. This time it was to northern Arizona to see Monument Valley. This was one of the last places I had left to see in the state of Arizona.
View of Monument Valley
A Cool Place To See
As you can see, the place is awesome. It is one of the coolest places I have seen because it is so different looking. The land is flat all around and the rocks just stick up out of the ground. It sort of comes up out of no where as your driving towards the Utah state border.
Here is a picture I took when Monument Valley just started to come into view:
Heading North Towards Utah
It Was Really, Really Windy…
The only downside was the fact that is was really windy. There were wind gusts that were easily in the 50-60 MPH range. The place is really dry and it was basically like hanging out in a dust bowl. You can see some of the dust in this picture:
Dust In The Valley
An Awesome Experience
Monument Valley was an awesome place to see. If you’re ever out west and looking for something to do, go check it out. It’s a perfect place to take some awesome pictures.
Next stop…Page, Arizona
This post was published on December 16th, 2008.
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Very serene. Good stuff. The pictures are pretty cooo.
That one of the road is worthy of a poster. So excellent. Did you take any shots with your Nokia 6650?
Nice pictures.
I was in Arizona a couple of years ago and your pics sure brings back some memories. I wish I was there and not in cold Sweden, brrr…
@ BenSpark: I had it along and tried it but they didn’t turn out that well. For some reason I always fine a way to not save the pictures I take.
Excellent. I drove from the east coast to the west coast and took interstate 80
There is a stretch of 80 miles in Utah that is perfectly flat (the land speed records are tested there), it is the salt flats.
Just like your second picture,
Yup, yup. My brother went there and took a whole bunch of rockin’ photos.
nice photos very good thanks
Nature .. the best painter in the world.
If you are ever in Utah again I HIGHLY recommend heading north a bit and checking out Goblin Valley… definitely worth the trip!