lies within the Navajo Nation reservation, and is thus ancient Navajo territory, that much we knew. What we didn't know was that the place where we stayed, Goulding's Lodge, has a quite interesting history. It was the founders of this former trading post, Harry and Leone "Mike" Goulding, who established trading business with the Navajo Indians. When business came to a halt during the depression, they camped outside of John Fort's office in Hollywood to convince him to shoot his Western movies (starring John Wayne!) in Monument Valley. The rest is (movie making) history.
Since we arrived in the dark, the balcony view from our hotel room is the first glimpse we get of Monument Valley.
And here we are, inside the national park ...
admiring the giant monuments and the incredible silence of the valley.
Sneaking a last glimpse, trying to take it all in.
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