136845 Friday, November 18th. Our night in the valley of the Gods was pristine. Not a sound all night long. The early morning sun on the red rocks on the other side of the valley was breathtaking. We had coffee and a little breakfast and then took off driving the rest of the valley of the Gods Dr toward route 261. Heading north on 261, we naïvely started up the side of the Mesa Moki Dugway, not knowing what a frightening but awesome drive it would be. Severe switchbacks, sheer dropoffs, gravel roads, 10 percent grades to the top. And the views! Perhaps the most beautiful morning we've ever had.
Our afternoon included a stop at the Natural Bridges National Monument. We drove the drive around the bridges hiking down to a great overlook of one of the Natural Bridges. Nice place to stop. Continuing on route 95, we crossed the Colorado River and into Glen Canyon Recreation Area. We found free dispersed campground in the Dirty Devil River campground on the Colorado River and surrounded by Red Rocks. Again we are the only people, here there is no traffic on the road, and we had a beautiful quiet night on the Colorado River.
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| Click for photosphere, Valley of the Gods |
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| Valley of the Gods |
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| Valley of the Gods, early morning |
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| Click for photosphere, Valley of the Gods |
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| Valley of the Gods |
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| Click for photosphere, Valley of the Gods |
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| Valley of the Gods |
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| Valley of the Gods |
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| Awesome panorama of the Valley of the Gods, click for a larger view |
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| Click for photosphere, heading up the Moki Dugway |
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| Up the Moki Dugway, where does the road go? |
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| Valley of the Gods, we camped about dead center in this picture |
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| View from the top of Moki Dugway, it's hard to see, but there are old car wrecks in this photo |
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| One of the bridges at Natural Bridges National Park |
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| Dirty Devil overlook |
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| We like to take pictures of our Roadtrek |
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| Our campsite at Dirty Devil |
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| Click for photosphere, our campground at Dirty Devil |
