Monument Valley is a must see.

My ride.

I have been in Santa Fe for two weeks now.  I have been keeping busy.  Too busy to keep up with the daily task of blogging. It's a self-imposed task as I know it should be a habit by now.  I have been hanging out with Arthur.  He owns Renaissance Art.  You can find his website here.   He makes incredible leather journals and other products.  He is passionate about marketing and about Journaling.  So much so that I will make the effort to write my thoughts consistently in a journal.

The past two weeks have been a mix of fellowship, introspection, traveling and fun.  The past 3 days I rode the motorcycle out to Monument valley. It's a place of incredible desolation and beauty.  I first visited the area in 2008 and vowed to return with more time.  Believe me three days is not enough time.  The weather was too cold to enjoy riding in near freezing temps all day and camp at night.  I never would have gotten warmed up.  So the next trip here will be with more time and warmer temps.  Apparently you can camp within 500 meters of the main attraction in Monument Valley.  I was told it's "primitive Camping"  I can deal with that.  Imagine waking up and looking at this outside your tent door.

As the temps and wind were too hard to bear I opted for a warm room at a local motel.  It was the perfect fit for the rough, cold, windy, dusty ride into Kayente AZ.   The next morning I rode over to the Navajo Cliff dwellers monument.  It was spectacular to see the hamlet of buildings built into the cliff walls. They even had a virtual Geocache at the site that I could log.  I got a little wind and sunburn in spite of my sunscreen application. If you look at the link below you will find my album which contains more photo's.

Playing with Wilie E. Coyote

More later.