Monument Valley

We're at Monument Valley tonight, on-route to the Grand Canyon. The whole area is controlled and managed by the Navajo tribe, and sits within the Navajo Indian Reservation, which is one of the poorest parts of the United States. It's also strictly no-alcohol on the reservation, so I've had to carefully hide my beers in one of the storage compartments under the Rv. Monument Valley itself is great to see because it's so iconic and instantly recognisable from so many films. The camp site we're in has a cracking view of the valley and a new hotel just up the road also provided some good photo-ops. The area generally feels a bit less regulated than the National Parks, with buildings beginning to spring up, but you can't really hold it against the locals for trying to scratch out a living from their biggest tourist draw.