Five go wild on the World

The New Zealand family of 5 go travelling freestyle around Europe and the USA for 8 months.

06 November 2006

Monument Valley - Arizona/Utah

This morning we had our complimentary breakfast at the motel. This is the norm here at most motels and hotels so it's great for us as we have a big breakfast and then take some fruit or pastries with us for lunch so only have to buy dinner. For the first time today however I sampled what look like cooked, fried eggs but it was an imposter! They were 'liquid eggs' that I've seen in the supermarkets here. You pour them from a carton and somehow it makes fake eggs. Not to be recommended however.
We headed north to Monument Valley which straddles Arizona and Utah. Monument Valley is your classic Wild West landscape and indeed it was used for many early Western films and John Wayne movies. Also 'Lone Ranger' and 'Back to the Future 3' were filmed here. The park is on Navajo land so is not under the USA National Parks' umbrella therefore you pay $5 US per person to drive the 17 mile unsealed loop road throughout the park. The scenery was awesome and quite surreal as I hope you can see from the photo.

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