After we went to Tuba City, we wanted go to the Sunset View Campground. But unfortunately the bad weather seemed to follow us. Once we got close to the campground we were greeted by heavy rain. It didn’t make any sense to stay here. The night before we had checked the weather forecast. That’s how I knew that the next should\u00a0be sunny again. So\u00a0we decided to come back the next day and drive to the Monument Valley first. We had a reservation for the Monument Valley but only for the following day. Not knowing if we could change the date\u00a0of our reservation or if we could\u00a0get a site at all, we drove\u00a0there. We had to at least try. (We couldn’t call them either cause we don’t\u00a0have any cell reception in\u00a0the Navajo area.)<\/p>\n
The „the view“ campground wasn’t on our way at all. But since I was a kid and after having seen\u00a0the Marlboro ad, being there and seeing the valley in person became one of the things on\u00a0my bucket list. First thing we did when we reached the entrance was pay the park fee. As\u00a0it is a Navajo area they let you pay for it. And it was no problem at all to change our reservation day. Only 3 other RVs where there when we arrived. We got one of the last sites with\u00a0a good view of\u00a0the buttes. We were glad that we got there „so soon“. Within the next hour or two, the place filled up pretty fast. After having a\u00a0quick lunch we wanted to explore the area a bit. There are only a few trails to choose from. We decided to do the shortest one. (The Mesa Trail) Unfortunately we didn’t bring our hiking poles, cause we didn’t expect the trail to be so steep. That’s why we couldn’t go all the way up but at least 3\/4 of it and the view\u00a0we had from there wasn’t to bad either.<\/p>\n
Michael wanted to do a time lapse video of the sunset, but unfortunately lots of people got in the way. But as soon as the sun went down and the moon rose we saw that we had a full moon which was even more awesome. And no people around either cause it started to get cold outside. So this is the result, plus one from the sunrise the next day:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5957-1.jpg\")
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