Monument Valley was mostly a stopover destination, but a beautiful one at that. We arrived late afternoon and the kids had a chance to go for a quick swim. We were staying at one of the few full hook-up sites and I was looking forward to wifi and catching up on the blog. Alas a “dust storm” had taken out the wifi service and they did not seem very concerned about fixing it anytime soon.

We went on a tour of the valley with a Navajo guide named Harry. I did not realize when setting up the trip but Monument Valley is not a national park. It is owned by the Navajo people and what is crazy is that there are still a large number of people living in the valley. They live in between the towering formations in small homes with no running water or electricity and only accessible by a nearly impassible dirt road.

The kids had fun exploring canyons and running down a huge sand dune. Kellan somehow made it up to the top three times.