We were scheduled to stay here two nights before moving on to Moab, UT but a forecast for a serious storm with wind gusts in the 50 + mph range (one forcast said gusts to 70) caused us to change our plans and extend our stay here by one day. Not safe driving for what the National Weather Service calls "High Profile Vehicles" and we are one. We visited the valley this morning/afternoon and enjoyed very nice weather with just a mild, cooling breeze. One description of the valley....
Like the Grand Canyon the vast scale of this place and the size of the "Mounuments" make them not only hard to describe by words but it is also difficult to do them justice with photographs. We will hopefully be able to follow up this text with a few of the many we have taken. Since we will have a whole extra unplanned day here, probably hunkered down in the wind, cold and rain, we will certainly have the time if we can get the connection. We have had our share of wind on this trip - just part of spring I guess - but gusts in the 50 - 70 mph range really got my attention and we agreed to be safe rather then putting our beloved Norv Orbus in a ditch.
Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast and iconic sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located on the southern border of Utah with northern Arizona.It is hard to believe but the fossil records indicate that this used to be the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico!
Like the Grand Canyon the vast scale of this place and the size of the "Mounuments" make them not only hard to describe by words but it is also difficult to do them justice with photographs. We will hopefully be able to follow up this text with a few of the many we have taken. Since we will have a whole extra unplanned day here, probably hunkered down in the wind, cold and rain, we will certainly have the time if we can get the connection. We have had our share of wind on this trip - just part of spring I guess - but gusts in the 50 - 70 mph range really got my attention and we agreed to be safe rather then putting our beloved Norv Orbus in a ditch.
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