Monument Valley sits on the border between Utah and Arizona on the Navajo Reservation. The park is home to the iconic red sandstone monoliths that are familiar to anyone who has seen a Western movie. There is a seventeen mile drive that is open to the public, and there are many other areas in the tribal park that are accessible only via guided tour or not at all.

Our hotel overlooks the publicly accessible part of the park and provides a nice spot for viewing sunrises and sunsets—and in our case last evening, a gorgeous rainbow, as you’ll see. We took the public drive yesterday afternoon and will do that again this afternoon, but the morning was spent with an amazing guide who took us outside of the tribal park boundaries (but within Monument Valley) to a remote area off limits to the public called Mystery Valley. That’s for another post.

The images below are from the tribal park, taken over two days. It’s difficult not to take a good photo here.

And a few more images from around the tribal park. Most of the features have names, but I’m just going to post the images without explanation. Some are of the same feature from a different perspective.

And finally, the next sunset.