Tuesday, 23 August.
It’s difficult picking out only a handful of pictures. It would be even harder if the sun had been out.
Cloudy almost all day. I was chased by a bad storm front, which caused me to hurry a bit. It also has me in a hotel tonight. But getting back to the day’s beginning, very nice sunrise from my campsite. Afterwards I signed up for a tour of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. RVs and motorcycles are not allowed. Really, you’d be unwise to take your own car unless it’s built for extremely rough terrain. Calling it a road is an insult to roads everywhere. It’s a track. The tour included 10 Italians who had no concept of “10 minutes”. Really rude people. The guide, who depends on tips, was a lot more patient than I wanted him to be. But overall it was a great tour, even without sunshine.
Because of the tour I didn’t get going until 11. Though it was a short day, for some reason I found it exhausting. The town of Bluff had a really good museum village, which is a reproduction of the original settlement, called Bluff Fort. Excellent. Well worth a few hours. You provided period cloths to walk around the grounds in while taking pictures wherever you liked. I’d not seen that before.
Stopped at the totally tourist trap “Hole in the Rock”. Lots of weird things.
Briefly entered the Arches National Park (being chased by rain). It looked very nice, even with my short stay. Only drove five miles in. It’s really convenient being a senior and getting in for free. Don’t feel the need to “earn the entrance fee”.
Ended up in Fruita, CO.
I like this one.
It was a short demonstration, but I now know how to make yarn from sheep fleece. One blanket takes 5 months!
This butte is called “Left Mitten”. Near it is a mirror image, properly called “Right Mitten”.
“Three sisters”. Below it is “Submarine”.
They ask for a $5 donation to take a picture of the man on a horse. I donated. The horse was very fancy. Pranced.
Sort of nice.
Oh! It’s tipping!
Remember the movie “The Eiger Sanction”? Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy? This is the tower they clim. . . er, landed on from a helicopter.
Bluff Fort Museum. Family interest only. We grew up with a kitchen table like this one.
The storm I was running away from. Lightning.
Wilson Arch. On route 193, not in a Park. See the kid on the left for sizing.
There is a dining room in the rock. The whole establishment screams tourist trap.
On top of the rock.
A lot of metal sculpture.
Arches NP. Could someone give that rock a nudge? It so wants to fall.
Called “Park Avenue”. It reminds me of the Ruins in Rome.
Very touching War Memorial in Fruita, CO.