Valley of the Gods and Natural Bridges Park

On our last day in Monument Valley we traveled to the Valley of the Gods,  near Mexican Hat and then on to the Natural Bridges Park.  The Valley of the Gods is a 20 mile loop around the valley of some of the mountains and was pretty, but after seeing the Monument Valley it did not compare.  We traveled from here to National Bridges and that trip in itself was thrilling.  We had to climb a mountain about a 1000 feet or more and the road was gravel.  There were no side rails for protection.  Cindy did not like it one bit and let me know it constantly.  She does not like high cliffs like that without any protection of going over.

 Natural Bridges Park was interesting with the bridges formed out of water rushing through the rock walls.  Of course it took hundreds of years for it to form into a natural bridge.  There were three different locations you could stop at and hike or just walk to the overview and take photos.  The climbs from the arch back up to the canyon rims was a little tough to climb.  Believe me we saw several hikers who looked like they had not gone on the hike to the arch.
Mexican Hat Roc







Look close this is a natural bridge and the tree in growing in the middle see the above photo also

One of the Natural Bridges  You have to look close to see it.


This is a long one and you can see the top and bottom or underneath the bridge

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