Utaventure

Our second stop during our Thanksgiving weekend trip in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona was Page, Arizona. We arrived there in the evening after visiting Monument Valley ( Monument Valley - November 2016 ) . It was Thanksgiving evening, and this meant that almost all restaurants were closed that evening ... we did not see that one coming in the consumption driven United States 😏. After desperately driving around for 45 minutes looking for a restaurant that was open ánd looked ok ánd didn't have a waiting line of 1 hour, we went for a Thai place with only a 45 minute waiting line 😅. Luckily the food wasn't too bad ... but by then,  probably  everything would have tasted good! The next morning we had reservations to visit first the ' Lower Antelope Canyon ' and in the afternoon the ' Upper Antelope Canyon '. You're not allowed to visit these canyons without a guide and as they're very popular, I advice you to make your reservation beforehand. B...

As I mentioned already in my previous post ( November 2016 ) , we explored some of Southern Utah and Northern Arizona during our first long Thanksgiving weekend here in the US. In this post I'll cover our first stop,  Monument Valley.  Again another must see park, located on the Utah-Arizona border, and a 7 hour (very scenic!) drive from where we live.  Stunning views while on the road As we left wednesday in the afternoon after school/work, we were not able to reach Monument valley that same day on a reasonable hour, so we spent a night in Bluff, a small town on the southern boundary of the Bears Ears national monument (the first national monument that is currently under review by Trump, remember ( October 2016 - Local hike & Trump )? We stayed in a very nice hotel (' Desert Rose Inn & Cabins' ) with a great view, and had an ok dinner (and breakfast) in the 'T win Rocks cafe '. We would have preferred the ' Comb Ridge ' restaur...