Well, the "vacation" part of my road trip is over. Spent a week down in Alpine Texas looking over the Terlingua Ranch area for a potential retirement property. Then three days ago I drove out to Monument Valley and spent a whole day there. Camped out, which was nice. Now I'm in Astoria, and will try some of the dining recommendations you guys gave me.

First, a video (hopefully) from a drone flight over the Solitario....

https://www.facebook.com/allentc2/videos/10213576637679077/

Agua Fria area of Terlingua



Blissful longhorn Ben gets his butt scratched.



Oh, that is John Wells' SECOND pet longhorn. That guy is a trip. Check out his blog. He's been living down there mostly off-the-grid since 2008. He had a video go viral recently when he put his GoPro into a water bucket.
The Field Lab
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/jgizmo

County Courthouse in Marfa



Morning in Terlingua



The aptly named Solitario



Arrival in Monument Valley



The campground at the Navajo Visitor Center. Kinda haphazard, but overall, not bad. Tons of Europeans were there!



First attempts at nightscape photography. Had a waxing gibbous moon, so not quite what I was hoping to achieve.



"Standard" shot of Monument Valley



I got up waaaaaay early the next morning. I had planned on leaving by 7, but for some reason, I woke up at 3. It was fortuitous. The moon had set. While I still have some learning to do, the pics I took that morning are a lot more like what I want to do....









Again, thanks for the tips!! I still have a lot to learn, but I'm grasping the basics!

Oh, and sorry about the huge pics!!!

very cool!! i've always wanted to get out west and see the landscape....your pics are awesome

The last pic is awesome. I used to fly air tours over that area. Always enjoyed the sites.

"... they buried those fellas out in the desert passed Terilingua. Still got the shovel".

Monument Valley is a magical place.

great photos

I was up in Flagstaff and Winslow over the weekend - pretty hazy due to a rather large wild fire

Thansk for posting...reminds me of a nice camping trip I had that included Monument Valley back in 1991..

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"Standard" shot of Monument Valley

It's easy to picture Clark Griswald wandering aimlessly among those monoliths.

I was just down in Terlingua. Awesome place! I got some great drone footage as well.

MV looked like a fun time! Thanks for the imagery

What an awesome trip. Thanks for posting those photos. I hope I can see that some day.

How does TFL get his interweb connection out there?

DSL from what I understand. Apparently they phone company ran all sorts of buried line out there.

Thanks for the props. I still have a lot to learn. And I may need a new lens. LOL

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The aptly named Solitario

Beautiful pics! Is that the Rio Grande running thru there?




Here are a few from Memorial Day Weekend. Mammoth Upper Terrace Yellowstone, Lamar Valley Yellowstone, and SE Montana two-lane.

Great pics. Was in Arizona for a week 2 weeks ago.
My wife wanted to visit Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon, but did not make it.