Woke up to 50 degrees and sunshine! Today is the longest drive we'll have for the remainder of the trip.....206 miles. I designated today as chore day and did a load of laundry, swept and washed the floor and wiped down the sinks. It took all of five minutes!
We are surrounded by mountains.
The drive was uneventful. The sights were spectacular and the roads were pretty much one lane throughout. It amazes me how you can ride for a hundred miles and not see a stop sign or a light. We stopped for lunch in some little town at none other than Sonic.....it was our first experience there. Very interesting with the whole phone ordering thing.
The latter part of the ride was sprinkled with roadside stands with Native Americans selling jewelry.
We arrived in the late afternoon into Monument Valley Utah. We pulled up to Goulding's Lodge (which was built into the side of the mountain), registered and pulled into our site. How can I explain the view? Watch any John Wayne movie and add the color of the reddest clay you've ever seen and you'll understand what I'm talking about. I still haven't fully grasped the magnitude of this road trip, but it was my first glance at the valley where I first felt like crying.
Shortly after we pulled in a family of 4 pulled in two spots away. They were new to camping and Nick gave them a hand. We started chatting and learned that they are from England but have been living in Chatham NJ for the past three years! They have two young children who are smart and adorable and actually liked talking to us old folk! We hung out at their site for a
while before going to bed. No sunset over the valley cause of course it was cloudy.
Sign of the day: Chief Yellow Horse Jewelry and Arts and Crafts
friendly Indians
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