Blogs from Monument Valley, Arizona, United States, North America - page 3

Så kom den, den sidste hele dag i stempelskylleren, i morgen sætter vi GPS'en på Flagstaff og kører de sidste 300 km til Chuck og Verletta. For at holde et par dages ferie der inden stempelskylleren skal gøres ren og afleveres i Phoenix. Men det betyder ikke vi ikke har haft en god dag i dag, vi vågnede til et fantastisk solskin i Mesa Verde og spiste morgenmad udenfor, ungene bad om at få almindelige bagels og serials, så de var kampklare til Verletta's kogekunst. Første stop var Four Corners, det eneste sted i USA hvor fire stater går op imod hinanden det er, Arizona – Utah – Colorado – New Mexico, så nu kan vi også skrive New Mexico i scrapbogen, dog kun for en meget kort bemærkning. Selve monumentet ligger inde i et Navajo ... read more

Nicky and I got up at 4.45am this morning (Sunday) to go on our sunrise tour around Monument Valley. When the alarm went off we wondered whether it was going to be worth the effort; however we soon realised it most definitely was. I don't have time to label each of the 20 photos attached, but they generally speak for themselves. This blog entry follows quite closely behind the Bryce Canyon entry that was posted a few hours ago - those photos are worth looking at if you haven't seen them already. As prevbiously mentioned, we may not have internet access over the next couple of days whilst we're in the Grand Canyon and so we may not be able to post. We are taking a helicopter trip while we're there which Nicky is really looking ... read more

After the Grand Canyon - one might be disapointed with the next stop - but no we were not. When we started planning this trip I bought a huge map of WEST USA and put red stickers on all the places I wanted to go ... then we got real about the distances and time factor and Suzanne said she wanted to go to Grand Canyon and Monument Valley and so we said anything else would be a bonus....well we have had lots of bonuses already. So everyone has probably seen Monument Valley in the movies John Ford westerns like Stagecoach, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers were all filmed here as well as Thelma and Louise...so you think you have an idea of what it will be like but everytime we come across some ... read more

One dreams to see the world, and I can say easily that I'm pretty fortunate at touring it for the last 20 something years. My wishlist of places to visit is finally actually getting shorter by the year for the last few years. But Monument Valley, this place has been on my top 10 for years. Today it's done, and what a better way than to share it with Leslie and Tiffany. Don't even try to get me on how many places these two will have seen by the time they are eighteen...I know... You've seen the western movies, Forrest Gump, Mission Impossible, Back to the future....and all the other movies about this place. But where is that land looking like out of this world. Simple, border of Utah and Arizona...truly in the middle of nowhere...must ... read more

We started Day 3 by heading out to Phoenix airport to pick up our rental car. We had a rather interesting cab driver, who had no hesitation in sharing the troubles in his life. His current predicament being that his son's friend was getting a little too friendly with the wife. This was interspersed with random mumblings that we could not hear and did not follow up. Our car was a little bit of a surprise. All I was really hoping for was something somewhat modern, nothing fancy, and certainly nothing that looks like a giant silver brick on wheels. Rats. I've seen shorter entire cars than the hood of this thing. I get into the car and I'm greeted by a column shift. Awesome! It definitely brought back memories from Mum's old Kingswood. Netherless, it ... read more