Last Day at the Grand Canyon. First Day at Monument Valley

We enjoyed a beautiful sunset last night before saying goodbye to the Grand Canyon.  We spend most of the day on the road to Monument Valley.

Here's the Sunset:

You can see how the light changes the colors of the canyon as the sun sets.  And the sky...

Monument Valley is owned by the Navajo Nation.  They regard it as their national park.  Since the last time we visited the Nation built their own hotel into the landscape of the park.  It's called "The View" and anyone who stays has a balcony facing "The Mittens."  Here's what we can see just from our balcony.

It's gray tonight but tomorrow will be sunny.  I don't know if the clouds will produce any rainfall in the park.  I hope so.  It keeps the red dust down.  We are going for a sunset tour through the iconic formations Thursday night.  Many westerns were filmed here.  For science fiction fans, parts of Back to the Future III were done here too.