Down in the Valley—valley of the gods and monument valley

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While heading out for a day trip to Four Corners we realized just how close we were to Monument Valley so we decided to extend our trip by a few hours and make a loop. We reached Valley of the Gods first, which is coined as a mini Monument Valley. There is a 17-mile loop you can drive. It was pretty cool.

Driving through Monument Valley, I totally felt like I was in the middle of an Old Western. You can even see John Wayne’s cabin, which we didn’t. The scenery seems other-worldly…a little surreal. The funniest part of this side-trip was the amount of EMPTY road-side stands that said “Open”…also check out the visa/mastercard graphic on the “Sacred Monument” tour stand. Nice juxtaposition, right?

The rest of our pics are here!

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 at 9:30 pm by rachel and is filed under excursions, fun stuff, vacation. Print This Post.
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2 Responses to “Down in the Valley—valley of the gods and monument valley”

  1. jaimeemarie wrote on March 19th, 2008 at 11:59 am :

    Those pics are really cool, it’s like staight out of a movie set! Looks like you guys got to see alot of pretty amazing things while on your trip and seeing the 4-corner’s had to be awesome too, one day I’d like to do that!

  2. andrea wrote on March 20th, 2008 at 2:05 pm :

    I really want to go here also. If I could I would write my comments in green to signify envy.

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