We got to a grocery store in Mexican hat Utah and I was surprised to see how many homeless Indians there were. There was a neighborhood that was being built as we were there along with a nice looking hotel on the vista overlook but there does not appear to be much more for the Indians to do in the area.

We finally got to the campground set up camp and the sun was starting to go down so we decided to hike around the only trail that was accessable in the area. It was a two mile hike around the mittons of monument valley.

 

 It was a nice hike around the block and we got back just in time as the sun was setting in the distance and a clear but very cold night was upon us.   We stayed up for a bit watching the shooting stars and the bright stars that were out but ended up getting some sleep, At least we tried to.

 

 

It was freaking piss cold outside and thankfully I brought my 20 down sleeping bag and sleeping pas which kept me warm right down to the bare minimum.  It must have dropped in the teens it was so cold out.  I remember climbing out of the tent at around 4 am to see the amazing stars and venus as bright as I have ever seen venus.  the moon set and it was just pure darkness and stars everywhere!!! A few hours later I woke up and hiked up one of the tabletop mountains before Eric woke up.

 

 

He was not able to get much sleep due to the cold so by the time I got back in the morning, he was waking up. We ended up leaving Monument Valley Shortly after and headed back to Arizona to visit the Navajo monument and Dinosaur tracks which was interesting to check out and a bit of a scam at the same time.  We stopped off at volcanos and another location that had ruins before making it back to Scottsdale in time for nightfall and sleep in a bed before trekking out south down to Pichacho peak, suraro national park, and Ruby Arizona.