Yesterday we began the third leg of the trip – we left the Grand Canyon driving east through Navajo country before ending up at Monument Valley a few hours later, which is on the Utah / Arizona border.

I honestly don’t know how long it took us to drive there since all of our phones and the car said different times since Arizona doesn’t observe daylight savings, Utah is a different time zone and I think the American Indian properties are different as well. Plus cell phone towers on the Arizona and Utah border are in Utah which means even if you are in AZ your phone may think you are in Utah. Totally confusing.

In Arizona we stopped at a Native American road side stand that sold jerky, weapons and jewelry where Miss M bought two bracelets.

Lunch was at Sonic twenty minutes outside Monument Valley – the first for all of us after seeing their commercials on ESPN for years. Monument Valley was beautiful. We let Big D and Miss M climb in and out of a few ditches, but since rock climbing is prohibited we had to keep them at bay. Here’s a pic of the kids climbing in front of Spearhead Mesa.

Fifteen minutes north of Monument Valley (further into Utah) is an iconic spot from the movie Forest Gump where he stopped running across country. We tried to recreate the moment along with a dozen other tourists.

Ninety minutes later and we arrived at Page, AZ. Dinner and a dip in the pool capped off the day