We did a Monument Valley tribal tour; a Navajo guided tour in an open truck through Monument Valley tribal park, including parts that are only available via such tours.
Here’s the brochure with the map and description:
Lots of iconic rocks:
Our tour vehicle:
Other tour vehicles:
Our Navajo tour guide:
One of the stops was a hogan:
Navajo hair tie:
Driving over sand:
Big Hogan:
Vertical panorama:
Ear of the Wind:
Suns Eye:
I don’t post about food very often, as I feel it isn’t that interesting. But I make an exception for notable places. One such is Goulding’s Monument Valley Stagecoach Restaurant. It is the dining room of the famous Goulding’s lodge, a historic area of Monument Valley. Harry Goulding and his trading post and lodge were instrumental in popularizing Monument Valley, including bringing it to the attention of Hollywood for many Western films.
Here’s the monumental view from the parking lot:
Goulding’s trading post, now a museum:
Goulding’s restaurant:
The restaurant menu, with some history on the cover:
A very simple menu:
The view from a window booth:
Jenn had Navajo fry bread and beef stew:
And I had a Rez Bah sandwich, also on fry bread:
The Navajo fry bread was super tasty; highly recommended.
A few days later we went back there again. On the way, we encountered some wild dogs running down the road:
The view out the window again:
A different angle, showing the gift shop (which we checked out before dinner):
Since we enjoyed the Navajo fry bread so much the first time, we ordered some as an appetizer:
Best enjoyed with honey and powdered sugar:
Jenn had Salmon (which wasn’t great, apparently):
I had the burger:
Mostly good food, and an excellent view.