2019 four corners – part 4, Utah: first look at Monument Valley
You know how you’ve heard of places but don’t know anything about them? That’s what Monument Valley was to me—but not to Barney! I assumed that this area was a...
2019 four corners – part 5, Utah: Monument Valley’s harrowing drive on Moki Dugway
Another strange name that I’ll tell you about later, but if I had known where we were going to be driving, I may have stayed home. But I didn’t so...
2019 four corners – part 6, Utah: Monument Valley’s Valley of the Gods and Forest Gump
Much of this area is tribal land and tribal guides are the only way to see part of the land and its formations. But another part of Monument Valley is...
2019 four corners – part 7, Utah: Monument Valley’s one couple who changed it all
In 1921, Harry Goulding and his young bride Leone (that he called Mike) purchased 640 acres next to Monument Valley. They spent their first years trading with the Navajo people...
2019 four corners – part 8, Utah: Monument Valley’s Goulding’s Lodge
When we first drove into Monument Valley and saw this lodge up against the mountain/hill, what came to my mind that someone has taken financial advantage of this area. Then...