Day 12: Monument Valley
Catching the monuments in the rearview mirror at golden hour after a detour from slot canyon plans.
Technically this happened on the same day as the Angel’s Landing hike in Zion — I finished the hike around 11:00am and headed east. My original plan was to explore some slot canyons near Page, AZ, but with the rain the last few days, flash floods were a real risk in any slot canyons, so I decided to skip that and push on to Monument Valley. I stopped for all-you-can-eat pizza in Page, then stopped at the Glen Canyon Dam visitor center before making it to Monument Valley.
Approaching from the west I wanted to get some photos in the sunset. At first I was disappointed and gave up to continue east towards Mesa Verde — but once past the monuments I saw them in my rearview mirror and stopped several times for pictures. After that, I drove on and slept in the truck outside of Mesa Verde.
