In the valley

We were up early to watched the sunrise from our balcony.

The View hotel designed to look natural in the surroundings.

For this morning I'd booked a Monument Valley tour in an open air vehicle (basically seats fastened to the back of a pick up truck), luckily the weather was good and not too cold. Taking a Navajo led tour is the only way to get into the backcountry to see rock art, natural arches and coves. An intresting tour, if a little bumpy and dusty.

Is that John Wayne?

For all you movie buffs, this is the point where Forest Gump decided to stop running.

Utah's highway 191 had some very intresting sights, here's just a few. Church Rock and Wilson Arch.

We had a brief stop at the HOLE N" THE ROCK. We joined a 12 minute guided tour of the unique home carved out of a rock with 14 rooms and a fireplace with a 65' chimney. Albert Christensen excavated  50,000 cubic feet of sandstone over 12 years.  When he died in 1957 his wife Gladys continued his work until she died in 1974. (Photography in site was not allowed).

After the short stop we continued to Moab for the last 3 nights of our trip. We managed to spent a short time at the pool & hot tub but promised ourself more time tomorrow