Arizona – Monument Valley (Sep 24, 2017)

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As we mentioned on our previous post, we took the 6 hour tour. The afternoon tour was for the Mystery Valley area which is not open to the public. On the map below, you can see Mystery Valley on the far left bottom. It is a private road with No Trespassing Signs so you cannot enter this without permission or being on a tour.

 

This tour was done by Jess, another young Navajo Native. She was very thorough about explaining all the areas.

start of Mystery valley tour
far left; eagle rock, eagle mesa, sitting hens
Fred and Barney
Skull Arch
walking path up to skull arch – yes we climbed this!
walking path up to skull arch
view from inside the skull arch with the background behind us. (this couple photobombed our picture. haha)
View from inside Skull Arch
path down from skull arch
walking path up to skull arch
cliff dwelling
alcove with ruins
petroglyph
Anasazi dwelling
pinyon pine
honeymoon arch
alcove with ruins you can hike too

stout arch

house of many hands
house of many hands
picture-glyph
house of many hands
picture-glyph
house of many hands
picture-glyph
house of many hands
picture-glyph
house of many hands
picture-glyph
running man
house of many hands
counting lines – no one knows what they were counting
water marks – which that the water was still running down the side of this mesa. How incredible it must of looked. The colors were amazing.
another dwelling (in the middle of the picture). Of course none of these are accessible to the public only special approved archaeologists or rangers. They used a ladder to get to their home in this area.
water marks

Above, Navajo American Jess singing a beautiful song with a slight echo off the walls of the mesa.

water marks – looks very blue up close – like a spattering of paint.
sunrise from campsite
sunrise from campsite
drive out of town
drive out of town
drive out of town

 

Hope you enjoyed this. Another park to put on your bucket list.

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