We dodged rain almost all the way to the Utah state line, catching the tail end of a couple of showers, but we finally made it. Since we arrived a day earlier than planned, we went to Valley of the Gods for a night of camping. There were people all around, but all more than 200 yards away.
The next morning we laid out our wet gear and let them dry in the warm Utah sun - which was a pretty quick affair. We then drove the gravel/dirt/sand road the long way through the Valley of the Gods, the low part in the photo, below.
We rode up the Moki Dugway, a road that climbs the edge of the mesa, which was surprisingly busy!
From there, we rode towards Monument Valley and stopped to get the Forrest Gump photo - where he stopped running.
We stayed a night in Mexican Hat in a hotel, followed by a night of camping at Goosenecks State Park. The river is 1200 feet below the rim, coming in the top left of the photo and exiting bottom right.
The stars were fantastic here. Incredibly dark skies meant we could see the Milky Way clearly, before the moon rose. Aside from that, it was flat and rocky at the top. We camped at the very edge of the cliffs - you had to watch that step after dark!
Next up - Colorado.
Cheers,
Marc
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