Travel from Green River to Monument Valley, UT

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We drove our coach 195 miles, about 4 hours, from Green River, Utah to Monument Valley, Utah.

If you’ve ever seen a Western movie, you’ve seen Monument Valley.

Here’s the map, heading south:

Map route

Green River is proud of their melons:

Green River melons
Green River melons

An interesting church:

Interesting church

We stopped at Love's to top up the diesel, since fuel stops are few and far between for the next few legs of our journey:

Love's fuel stop

Only about 40 gallons (our tank is 150 gallons), though still rather expensive with current fuel prices:

Love's fuel stop

Back under the lowish rail bridge:

Rail bridge

Mesa:

Mesa

Rocks:

Rocks
Rocks
Rocks

Moab:

Moab
Moab
Rocks
Rocks

We stopped for lunch at the rest area by Hole N the Rock:

Hole N the Rock
Rest stop
Lunch

Onward:

Rocks

An arch:

Arch
Rocks
Rocks

Trading post:

Trading post
Water
Rocks
Rocks and buildings
Rocks
Rocks

First sight of some iconic Monument Valley rocks:

Rocks
Rocks
Rocks

Bridge:

Bridge

The bridge was a little narrow for our coach, so we treated it as a one-way bridge:

Narrow bridge
Rocks

Several people stopped at Forrest Gump point; an iconic location from the movie:

Forrest Gump point
Rocks
Rocks
Rocks

Our destination:

Rocks