Leaving the Grand Canyon behind, we headed to Kayenta, in Navajo County, Arizona. It was located about 300 km away from the Grand Canyon. On our way of driving to Kayenta, we dropped in several places. The first place we dropped in was a native Indian souvenir shop. They sold many beautiful goods for reasonable prices. The scenery from the shop was also very nice.
After that, we visited Tuba City, Arizona to fill up gas in our car. And also, we bought a bottle of water, some fruits and some snacks at the drugstore run by native Indian. I love to see and eat fruits in foreign countries beacause they are almost, always, very different from those of Japanese.
Rina was holding a pear. The shape of pears and the shape of watermelons were quite different from that of Japanese ones. The color of apples was much darker than that of Japanese ones.
Kayenta is located immediately south of Monument Valley. Monument Valley is located on the southern border of Utah with northern Arizona.
We could see Monument Valley in the evening after four hours driving from the Grand Canyon. It was a bit cloudy, though I impressed the scenery and color of the ground.
We went to the restaurant that served native Indian dishes. We had native Indian steak, hamburger, pizza and drinks.
We got up early and left the hotel, Best Western Wetherill Inn in Kayenta. Ten minutes drive from the hotel brought us to the place I took this picture.
After driving for few days, I gradually realized that drivers’ manner in the States was generally good. They usually gave ways to other drivers. I didn’t see any reckless drives there as I sometimes saw them in Tochigi, Japan. And all the more, roads are wide and number of cars on the road was comparatively small. Thanks to those, I could drive easily even in unfamiliar places and enjoy comfortable driving.
We drove to Monument Valley again. It had rained on the day before, but it turned to a very fine day. The picture of our car Audi A4 and bulls was taken near the Visitor's Center of Monument Valley.
Following four pictures of Rina, Emi and me in Monument Valley were taken from the North.
Monument Valley is famous for Director John Ford's 1939 film Stagecoach, starring John Wayne.
