Gosney Visit to Monument Valley

Devon's parents and sister, Catherine, came to visit us last weekend. The first thing that we did with them we do not have any pictures of, but I still want to record the adventure. The first thing we did was to hike up to "teardrop." We had only driven up the back way with Lewis, but many people told us this was a pretty easy fast hike- you just follow the trail. What trail? We got a little lost, and there wasn't much of a trail to follow. Finally Devon (with Spencer on his back) and Terry made it to the top- but they had to pretty much scale the mountain to do it, the less adventurous girls didn't think that looked like fun. I guess from now on we will check out the hikes we plan on taking visitors on before we actually go! There are no pictures because Devon was carrying Spencer instead of the camera, and I always forget to take pictures!

After our hike we took a tour of the 3 hogans by the school. The construction inside is pretty neat.


Spencer thought this Hogan would make a great new bedroom for him. What could be better than a bedroom covered with dirt?!


On Saturday we went over to "the valley." There is a loop road that you can take to look at many monuments up close. The road was very bumpy. We saw a lot of small cars driving it- but we all piled into the 4-runer to save our car.
These are the mittens. You can see them from our house, but they look more impressive close-up.


The monument behind us is called "Three Sisters."


This one is Elephant Butte- can you see the elephant?


This one is camel butte. Not as obvious as the elephant, but at least it has humps.


This one is called Rain God Mesa


The tallest one in this picture is Totem Pole. Apparently Clint Eastwood climbed it while he was shooting a movie here. I can't remember the name of the movie, but it wasn't Dirty Harry.


This is artist's point. I think this view made the bumpy drive worth it. It was so beautiful!


Later in the afternoon we drove to Mexican Hat. This is Devon and I in front of it. Devon was having everyone else try on his new cowboy hat.


Here is Devon's mom in the new hat. Can you tell that rock formation is supposed to be a hat?


Spencer especially liked this stop on our trip because he could get out and explore. Grandpa is giving him a great ride on the walk back to the car.


The last thing we went to see was Goosnecks. I think it might have been the most spectacular thing we saw too. The pictures don't do it justice. This was one amazing view- but the kind of view where you have to keep Spencer securely strapped in the stroller.



If you want to see all of this amazing stuff- you have to come visit!