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Heading towards Monument Valley with a first view of the Rocky Mountains in the back		Monument Valley in the clouds and a first glimpse of the buttes! And it was cold and snowing....
We spent the night here... and saved USD 45, which was the price for a night at the local Navajo campsite	Here we go!
Beautiful!	Makes you think of many movies	A small museum of local history which displayed the importance the Navajo tribe had in the Pacific war during WWII

Native American 10 Commandments We could learn a lot from that	North American Distribution of Native American Tribes	A sad reminder to how the Native Americans has been (and still are) viewed upon
Ready to tour Monument Valley with a local Navajo guide	Traditional Navajo women's Hogan It's shaped as a woman's pregnant womb and contains all the items to keep the family safe. In the background you can see a traditional men's Hogan (house), which contains all the items for hunting and warfare
The famous Marlboro Man photosite	Business is business so if you want they will dress you up as a cowboy and take the Marlboro Man photo of you
	What do you see on the wall? These markings are natural and are caused by centuries of rainwater seeping through the hole in the roof. If you look carefully there is both an Indian and a horses head on the wall	Snakes This hole is where the snake-pit scene in Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark was filmed
Will, out local Navajo guide, performing a rain song		Petroglyphs Made by Mexican or Central American Indians, not Navajo. Navajo believe nature should be kept untouched for future generations to make their own discoveries
Let us look at you one last time	A classic Forrest Gump moviesite This is where they shot the scene where he after he's been running for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours spoke these famous words "I'm pretty tired... I think I'll go home now!	The Mexican Hat on the road to Valley of the Gods
Sunset in Valley of the Gods	Stargazing without any light to disturb us	Sunrise in Valley of the Gods
	Stupid mirror always gets in the way	Heading north destination Arches National Park
Wilson Arch	Free parking for 4x4's	Arrival at Arches National Park
Petrified Dunes Viewpoint		Balanced Rock
		Lower Delicate Arch Viewpoint one of Utah's most famous landmarks
Park Avenue Trail a short 45 minutes hike

	Hiking Devil's Garden Trail a 13 km loop among the parks many natural arches
		Landscape Arch
	The Primitive Trail is a separate section of the Devil's Garden Trail, which is more remote than the regular trail route. We took it to loose the crowd	It offered some spectacular views
		Hole in the wall
		Double O Arch
The Dark Angel is a short 30 minute side trail on the Devil's Garden Primitive Trail loop
		Private Arch another short 30 minute side trail on the Devil's Garden Primitive Trail loop
	Upper Delicate Arch Viewpoint	Enjoying Utah's most famous landmark The Utah license plates has this monument printed on them
		The Ute tribe occupied this land thousands of years before the arrival of the white man
Ute Petroglyphs		Wolfe Ranch John Wesley Wolfe settled in this location (now Arches National Park) in 1888 with his oldest son Fred. For more than a decade they lived alone on the remote ranch. This is the original ranch

USA - Utah

Heading towards Monument Valley

with a first view of the Rocky Mountains in the back

Monument Valley in the clouds

and a first glimpse of the buttes! And it was cold and snowing....

We spent the night here...

and saved USD 45, which was the price for a night at the local Navajo campsite

Here we go!

Beautiful!

Makes you think of many movies

A small museum of local history

which displayed the importance the Navajo tribe had in the Pacific war during WWII

Native American 10 Commandments

We could learn a lot from that

North American Distribution

of Native American Tribes

A sad reminder

to how the Native Americans has been (and still are) viewed upon

Ready to tour Monument Valley

with a local Navajo guide

Traditional Navajo women's Hogan

It's shaped as a woman's pregnant womb and contains all the items to keep the family safe. In the background you can see a traditional men's Hogan (house), which contains all the items for hunting and warfare

The famous Marlboro Man photosite

Business is business

so if you want they will dress you up as a cowboy and take the Marlboro Man photo of you

What do you see on the wall?

These markings are natural and are caused by centuries of rainwater seeping through the hole in the roof. If you look carefully there is both an Indian and a horses head on the wall

Snakes

This hole is where the snake-pit scene in Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark was filmed

Will, out local Navajo guide,

performing a rain song

Petroglyphs

Made by Mexican or Central American Indians, not Navajo. Navajo believe nature should be kept untouched for future generations to make their own discoveries

Let us look at you one last time

A classic Forrest Gump moviesite

This is where they shot the scene where he after he's been running for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours spoke these famous words "I'm pretty tired... I think I'll go home now!

The Mexican Hat

on the road to Valley of the Gods

Sunset in Valley of the Gods

Stargazing

without any light to disturb us

Sunrise in Valley of the Gods

Stupid mirror always gets in the way

Heading north

destination Arches National Park

Wilson Arch

Free parking for 4x4's

Arrival at Arches National Park

Petrified Dunes Viewpoint

Balanced Rock

Lower Delicate Arch Viewpoint

one of Utah's most famous landmarks

Park Avenue Trail

a short 45 minutes hike

Hiking Devil's Garden Trail

a 13 km loop among the parks many natural arches

Landscape Arch

The Primitive Trail

is a separate section of the Devil's Garden Trail, which is more remote than the regular trail route. We took it to loose the crowd

It offered some spectacular views

Hole in the wall

Double O Arch

The Dark Angel

is a short 30 minute side trail on the Devil's Garden Primitive Trail loop

Private Arch

another short 30 minute side trail on the Devil's Garden Primitive Trail loop

Upper Delicate Arch Viewpoint

Enjoying Utah's most famous landmark

The Utah license plates has this monument printed on them

The Ute tribe occupied this land

thousands of years before the arrival of the white man

Ute Petroglyphs

Wolfe Ranch

John Wesley Wolfe settled in this location (now Arches National Park) in 1888 with his oldest son Fred. For more than a decade they lived alone on the remote ranch. This is the original ranch