Rock on!!!

What a day!!! After getting up at 4.30am we took a leisurely stroll along the Rim Trail to watch the sun rise over the Grand Canyon. As the sun came up the colours in the canyon was amazing and from our walk we ended with a full breakfast over looking the canyon! Breathtaking. From breakfast we then drove round some of the south rim stopping at great view points as we went. One stop - the desert view had a watch tower perched on the edge of the canyon. Needless to say walking up that was a struggle when on the edge of a massive hole in the ground! No where near as bad as the sky walk though! The watch tower had some amazing sandstone art in it though.











We then drove through the Navajo Reservation on our way to Monument Valley. The Navajo live in what looks like small caravans in the middle of nowhere - they even have to collect their water in tanks from a water point! We stopped at a small town called Kayenta, which although had a Burger King, McD's and a Subway also had a cinema that would only play the film if it had at least 10 people in it!

We then drove down what looked like a scene from a movie heading to Monument Valley - turns out Thelma and Louise was filmed on that particular road! I said to Sarah we should have a Thelma and Louise moment.

Monument Valley is stunning - there are so many more rock formations than you think, probably because they only ever film or photograph a few but they are huge! Our Navajo Indian guide drove us round the formations on a little bus - well it wasn't as bumpy as the bus that took us up Mount Etna but came a close second, that and being covered in dust! It was definitely a once in a lifetime experience - yes another one! I wonder if Monument Valley is a vortex? The Navajo seldom go to Monument Valley as apparently back in the day loads of the Navajo were slaughtered there and they don't visit places of death. You also can't photograph them as each photo takes away a piece of their sole. Our guide was funny though - earned his tip!












Last stop, Page for the night and boy were we tired! Hardly digested my pizza before falling asleep, luckily tomorrow isn't as early a start! Phew - sleep!!! Oh and Sarah was not at one with nature today - she was a domestic goddess putting Nigela to shame washing clothes and sewing! Very odd!!