Monument Valley is a world famous site that has awesome scenery at its photographer's view point. Monument Valley is located at Navajo Nation, just within the state of Arizona. It is located near the border of Utah and Arizona, on the Southeast side of Utah. Monument Valley has attracted thousands of visitors each year, but due to pandemic, it has been closed off to visitors for the past year.
Luckily, Monument Valley has opened to visitors if you stay at Valley View Hotel. We happened to have made reservation at Valley View Hotel when visiting Utah. Thus we drove 3 hours South to Monument Valley on this beautiful day and we were excited to see what it brings to us.
On the way to Monument Valley, we passed by the famous movie scene in Forest Gump movie. This was where Forest Gump ran through. It is a super straight road that leads into Monument Valley. Many people pull over and stop by for a photo. Keep in mind that the cars here drive very fast due to the straight road, so make sure to pay close attention to traffic on both directions.
We got to Monument Valley around 4PM and checked in to the hotel. We got a cabin instead.k The cabin has a queen bed, and 2 bunk bed in the small room. The hotel does not offer WIFI unfortunately and it is only available at hotel lobby. Since it was only 4PM, we decided to take a rest before the sunset at 8:30PM. When the time came by, we just realized that Monument Valley was operating in the same time zone as Utah, but not the same time zone as Arizona. Our cellphones automatically sync'd to Arizona time zone. This has caused us to almost miss the sunset.
The sunset at Monument Valley was beautiful. There were many people sitting at the balcony of Valley View Hotel to enjoy the view.
When the night came, we were thinking of heading out to see the stars. Unfortunately it was quite cloudy. We also saw several lightning striking the Monument Valley far away. It was quite crazy.
The next day morning, we woke up early and went to the Valley View Hotel balcony to see the sunrise while drinking coffee. It was quite spectacular. Afterwards, we also picked up our packed breakfast from the gift shop.
Overall, it was quite an experience at Monument Valley. Everything seems so quiet over there and we really enjoyed our time there.
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