Day 3 - Monument Valley

Dinner at the View Hotel at Monument ValleyEarly morning from our balcony

Quack

On top of arch - please do not climb the monuments!

Us and Perry our tour guide of Mystery ValleyAt the north Rim

Following an amazing hour on our balcony viewing the MASSIVE universe as displayed in
monument valley with absolutely NO light pollution..we took to our beds.

I was rudely awoken by Ian at 04.50 ( oyy dirty minds ) he really needs to learn to operate
blinds/ sliding doors etc quietly, seems I wanted to see the dawn from the balcony. I must
admit it was awesome.

My time clock is truly screwed we were up & negotiating ourselves a
tour into Mystery valley with our Navajo guide Perry by 9am. We went to a less travelled
area of the valley to see fab natural sandstone arches & Anastase Indian ruins. Spider man (
Martin ) Batgirl ( Hollie ) & Robin ( Ian ) climbed the ruins & natural chasms, Ian scaled
an arch , Hollie & Martin found a guano cave , go figure ! Perry was ok at naming the various landmarks but lacked the local knowledge of our previous guide who was able to tell us much more about the belief systems & folklore.

We travelled out in the afternoon for a 3.5 hr drive to the Grand Canyon North Rim..We
stopped at the worlds grottiest Pizza Hut for lunch ( according to Martin , it wasn't a
patch on his local " mama mia's" apparently he gets a great Pizza there).

As we entered The Grand Canyon National Park , We passed many areas of Burnt & charred
trees, These are the result of Lightning strikes & actually aid the wellbeing of the forest,
The Trees rot away & replenish the soil.

We are in the Grand Canyon Lodge Saloon having a drop of the local brew, Canyon Pilsner not
too shabby...might need a helping hand to find our cabin again , its mighty dark out here!!