A fine and clear day greeted us, after a bit of a sleep-in we had breakfast and then drove into town and put the car through a car wash and vac to get rid of the tell tale dust after our Monument Valley misadventure! That accomplished we stopped at a Safeway to get some wipes and gave the interior a going over as well - the Dodge was like new again! Starbucks for a coffee and then we had a walk around town, where they have really jumped on the Route 66 bandwagon ...

Awoke to rain and thunderstorms this morning - first we have seen for some time! Had some breakfast and then as we went back to our to get our things for the Grand Canyon Railway, the door to our room refused to open!! We only had half an hour to get to the station so it was a bit of a panic while the maintenance man was called but he couldn't budge the bloody thing! Another staff member had to get in the window and open it!!!! So much for security!!! So it w...

After a lovely breakfast served outside on the lawn area at our motel (the owners are in the process of renovating) and a nice chat with the owner, we set out for Monument Valley, stopping first at the Natural Bridges National Park where we did a 14km loop with some amazing views of canyons with 3 natural rock bridges! That done we headed south for quite a way before turning off to see the Gooseneck Canyons which were quite superb - deep canyons cut into the land...