Once again driving back to the hotel we got stuck in the sand. After a couple of tries we all had to get out of the tour vehicle. Then LeRoy jumped behind the wheel and drove the tour bus out of the sand - and we had to walk a very long way to catch up with the bus.
The rock wall is the edge of Rock Door Mesa
Teardrop Arch creates a window into Monument Valley
Millions of years ago, the Monument Upwarp forced the river to carve its channels over 1,000 feet deep as the surrounding landscape slowly rose in elevation. The San Juan river was an old one with many curves - and simply cut down as the land rose in the same pattern it had on flat ground.
