Monument Valley, Utah - October 17, 2010
We traveled from Farmington, NM to Monument Valley, UT today, arriving here at about 3:30PM We had great weather to travel, as you will see in the photographs. Yes! I finally figured out how to put my photographs up onto the web from my new Mac Book Pro! In fact, it is even easier to post photos to the web from the Mac using iPhoto than it is using Picasa on the PC.
We recently finished doing a show in Farmington, NM, which ran from last Thursday through Saturday. The show was pretty good and we met lots of great people, both attendees and vendors, at the show. I am amazed at how friendly the people are out here in the Southwestern US. Everywhere we went, people were friendly and helpful. Whenever we asked questions, we were given lots of information, and people seemed genuinely interested in the fact that we traveled here from Massachusetts. That, along with the weather, which has been nothing short of FABULOUS, is what brings us back here. We both love it out here. The landscape scenery is just breathtaking!
On the way to Monument Valley, we made a stop at the Four Corners Monument, which is where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah meet. The interesting thing about this monument is that, if you do it right, you can touch all four states standing in one spot! Also, as you look around, there are vendors selling various hand-made items. These vendors are all Navajo Indians who live in this area. the Monument is located on Navajo Reservation land, which surrounds the site. If you purchase items from a vendor in each state, the Sales Tax will be different. Arizona had no vendors because their booths were under construction.
Tomorrow, we will attempt to tour Monument Valley. I say "attempt", because rain is predicted, which does not make for good photography. If we do manage to get some photographs, I will post them to the web. If it does rain, it will be the first rain we see since we left Pennsylvania on September 20th.
We are in a campground here in Monument Valley, Utah, for tonight. Tomorrow we will move the motor home down to the Visitors' Center at Monument Valley, if the weather cooperates. Our campsite is located in the middle of a canyon, with walls of red sandstone surrounding us. It is just gorgeous here!
OK! Enough about the Southwest! Here is the link to the web site where you can view my photographs:
Click on this link: http://gallery.me.com/cbenoitiii
You will be able to see all of the photographs I have posted to date, and you will be able to view them all as a slideshow.
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