Kayenta Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals

OMG.. this morning was awesome. I got up early and got the sunrise and the colors were so beautiful. It colored the landscape and the mountains in a ray of golden orange and yellow. It was so amazing. At that point it didn't matter that I didn't get to see the sun rise in Monument Valley. I thought this was good enough. :o)) I went downstairs to have breakfast at around 7.30-ish and looked around at the decorations etc. It hit me that this Hampton Inn was different than the others. This…

We started our day in Moab, which is a cute town in southern Utah. Its also about 5 minutes away from Arches National Park, our first stop today. The park is home to 2,000 natural made arches, which we saw only a handful of. We got to climb around the arches (well underneath), which is always fun! Afterwards we continued to drive south towards Arizona, and through Monument Valley (think of the scene in Forest Gump where he is just running through the desert). Beautiful out there...looks like …

We have finally arrived... it took a couple hours but it was fine...  we were winging this whole trip, so it was good time. I just didn't think we would be that tired... lol  - idiot I know. But it was nice to get to stay in Kayenta, which is what I think the center of the northern az resides. Close to the Four Corners, Canyon De Chelly, Monument Valley and of course Page... = )    so the days journey was over, tomorrow is the big plan to start seeing the attractions...

Deze dag deden we maar liefst 3 staten tegelijk. De dag begon uiteraard in Colorado waar Durango nu een maal ligt. Via een desolaat plat woestijn-achtig landschap, wat je helemaal niet zou associeren met de Rocky Mountain State, kwamen we in een canyon-achtig en begroeid stuk USA terecht. Net als in New York waren de meeste bomen hier ook getooid in herfstkleuren. Het lukte echter niet goed dat te vangen op de lichtsensor van de camera. Het hoofdgerecht van vandaag was de beroemde Monument …

1500 miles in 5 days around 4 Corners

Drove around...

We ended the sixth day of our journey in Kayenta, Arizona.  Only about 200 miles today, which is much nicer than the 350 miles of the first couple of days.  I like to drive, always have, but not long hauls for many days in a row.    From here tomorrow we will take a northern loop up through Monument Valley and Mexican Hat before continuing east to Four corners.   Our hotel for the night is the Hampton Inn, Kayenta, which is right at the corner of highways 160 and…