I left my campsite around 9:30, heading for the Grand Canyon. I was thankful to find a gas station after not seeing one for hours on my most recent drive, I had half a tank of gas left, but for me, half a tank, in the middle of nowhere and no idea where the next gas station is is cause for plenty of anxiety! Driving past a sign for the Four Corners Monument, I drove the 5 miles off-route to go see it, just to find it had an entry-fee and with plenty of people crowding the place, I did not care to pay an entrance fee for the quick look I was planning, so I drove on. I soon came across signs for Monument Valley and decided to turn off there, it is one of the places I had planned on visiting and it was only a half hour away from my route, so there was no point driving by it, despite how bound and determined I had become to get to the Grand Canyon. It was not quite 3 pm, but as always, my first step was to find a campsite. There were signs everywhere for places to camp, but I was itching for a shower, so found one that advertised that and wifi and decided to see how the price was. To my surprise, it only cost my $23 for such luxuries as 'free' showers, wifi, a full store on-site, gas station right by, pool (that is closed in the winter) and beautiful views, I saw one campsite nearby that only had outhouses and cost $20, I don't think I splurged much here! I went to drive to the Visitor's Center, only to find it was right in the fee area of Monument Valley, so turned back, having gone back and forth across the Utah-Arizona State lines. We walked for an hour or so along the road, then returned to the campsite. I read for awhile, went for a shower once it cooled down enough to leave Luna in the car (reached 17-Celsius today), cooked supper, watched the sunset, then tucked in to bed. I am very happy to have managed to get my blog up to date again with the rapidly draining battery on my computer.
Luna was very interested in how the stone caved out partway over us. Unfortunately I had my 50 mm lens on, so was unable to capture it in full.
Blurry, but funny! I love this happy face!
Checking out the views.
View from the campsite, I got the best spot!
Some stray dogs in the distance were distracting Luna from her sunset photoshoot ;) All the dogs appeared in good condition, although none came too close.
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