For New Year's Chris, my mother, and I were able to drive through Valley of the Gods. This park is across the desert from Monument Valley on the Arizona border. Monument Valley is part of the Navajo reservation and it costs a pretty penny to go through. Valley of the Gods is a national park and doesn't cost a thing to drive through. The monuments weren't as famous, but they were just as beautiful.
Our favorite monument was the Woman in Bath monument. If you can make it out, you will see a woman relaxing in a red rock bathtub on the left of this picture.
We also stumbled upon Moki Dugway while visiting Valley of the Gods. I have wanted to find this drive for awhile, but never figured out where exactly it was. This road is a dirt and gravel roadway dug right out of the mountainside. It has as many switchbacks as possible. The top of the dugway was extremely high above the desert floor. You could see the Abajo Mountains by Monticello and the Sleeping Ute Mountains in Colorado as well as the monuments on the Arizona border. It was a little too foggy to see Shiprock in New Mexico. Living in the four corners area does have some benefits... the views.
In the center of the picture above is a building. This is the Valley of the Gods Bed and Breakfast. This home is literally in the middle of nowhere with nothing around it but open space. I think life in Blanding is hard because there aren't a lot of shopping opportunities. These poor souls have it worse than we do. I don't know how they do it!
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