Road tripping Arizona & Utah

We continued our road tripping today leaving the Grand Canyon at around 10.00am. Before leaving we had to have one last selfie at the rim, a look around the History Room which wasn’t open when we went to look yesterday and then it was on the road.

Dave drove out of the Canyon. You drive along the rim for about 30kms with many amazing view points along the way. This was the way we came into the Canyon back in 2017 as we were coming in from Page. You are definitely driving on the rim as you look to your left and the rim of the Canyon is just there.

Once we got out of the Canyon and the winding road, it was time for me to take the wheel. Dave finds it better for his vertigo if he drives the winding roads and me drive the long straight stretches.

What an amazing drive it was, views that went on forever, long stretches of straight highway and hardly any traffic. I loved every minute of it.

We stopped for petrol at a little roadhouse and it was like Ti Tree in the Northern Territory, dogs everywhere however these ones must have had homes as they were very fat.

Onwards towards Kayenta which is the closest town to Monument Valley. We stopped for McDonalds, yes McDonalds as there isn’t much to choose from in the desert! At the same strip mall was a grocery store so we got a few more supplies that we couldn’t get in the Grand Canyon. Again there were fat dogs everywhere and oh so beautiful (mostly Kelpies and Cattle Dogs). I wanted to pat them but the little voice in the back of my head saying rabies soon had me not patting them!

Another 30kms and we were at The View Hotel. Within this 30kms you duck into the State of Utah and as quick as you are in that state you are back into the State of Arizona.

This year the number 5 is very significant as I turn 50 on the 5th of the 5th.

So to help me celebrate, I wanted to go somewhere very special and memorable on this adventure, so I booked The View Hotel at Monument Valley. To say the views are breathtaking is an understatement - this is the view from our room.

Happy early 50th birthday to me!

There are views from every room in the hotel, from the hotel rooms, to reception, to the trading post and the restaurant. I couldn’t have picked a better place to start my early celebrations.

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