This photo safari walk-about required getting up before the sun and late night time-lapse star trail exposures while painting trees with a flashlight.  Downloading, uploading, sensor cleaning and scratching my camera and lenses. Not to mention using 4wd low range going 1MPH, crossing rising muddy streams, and almost driving right over a muddy cliff at one point.  I could be found standing in streams, wrestling a tripod, working with cold numb hands, being in caves, trekking using eroded ancient Anasazi footholds, tromping through snow, missing meals (plus a dry reservation/no alcohol), long drives, getting lost and all with really soar feet.  I can’t wait to do it again and again.  Life is an adventure, or nothing.

Monument Valley highlights include:  The Mittons, Merrick Butte, Elephant Butte, John Ford’s Point, Camel Butte, Totem Pole, Yei Bi Chei, Artist’s Point, North Window, The Thumb, Pancake Flats, Ear of the Wind, Skull Arch, The Window, Square House Ruins, Baby Feet Ruins, Honeymoon Arch, El Capitan and Hunts Mesa. Gallery.

Guides Gary and Larson of Navajo Spirit Tours