This was our last day in this lovely State of Utah! So we took a drive down Hwy 261 from our campsite here next to the corral in the overflow parking for Natural Bridges. Wow! What a drive!!! There ARE signs along this road that warn not to take too large a vehicle with GOOD reason.
1st stop was the Visitor Center who gave us good advise and then off we went... the Moki Dugway is the name of 3 mile stretch of road that is 1100ft elevation change with gooseneck turns or hairpin turns (whatever you perfer)! Speed limit is 5mph! They did pave the corners but not the other parts of the road and it is NARROW! What a view though...
1st stop after getting down into this canyon we took in Gooseneck State park. Wow! It is called this because it is a canyon of turns formed from the San Juan river. Very interesting. Will post pictures when we get a better signal!
Then off to Mexian Hat. It is one of the spires on the Utah side of Monument Valley. fun... then we were off to Valley of the Gods - a 17 mile windy, dirty, rocky, dippy, drive! This is Utah's answer to Monument Valley. fun fun and scary at times but we made it through okay.
Afterwards we went back up the Moki Dugway to Muley Overlook. This is a 5 mile dirt road (a lot better than other roads we had been on)...this overlook offered views of the San Juan river goosenecking it's way through with views of the real Monument valley beyond. Fun place with a van full of young adults.
A little hair raising but fun and glad we went as we may never be here again.
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