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Monument Valley

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Like Antelope Canyon, this is run by the Navajo Indians, and they run things differently from the National Parks. There isn’t a lot of access unless you go on one of their tours. The road is unbelievably bad (not this one) and no way could we take our camper van along it. We had the sunrise tour, our guide took us in a Chevrolet 4X4 minibus and we were longing to get out and walk around the rocks, but that wasn’t allowed. However, we got this one, the tallest rock is called the Totem Pole, and was climbed (ha!) by Clint Eastwood and George Kennedy in ‘The Eiger Sanction’. I think I will have to watch that film again, now I know that.

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It’s Very Grand!

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We had three days at the Grand Canyon, and every one had different weather. There are no snow pics because, after getting up at 4.30am to photograph the sunrise, I managed to slip on the ice and hurt my wrist. No big deal I know, but I also passed out about 4 times. After walking half an hour back to the village, and unable to find anyone to help, finally managed to raise someone who called an ambulance. Very exciting, never been in an ambulance before! The paramedic had just got back from a month in New Zealand, so she told us all about that. She said most of their call outs are for people who passed out due to low oxygen at the high altitude (over 7000 ft / 2000m) so that must have been the reason. Anyway, I am OK, and I’ve evened up with Colin, who’s been limping since he twisted his ankle in Las Vegas. What a pair of old crocks!

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