Valley Of The Gods

Navajo Indians own the land , monument valley, and thousands of acres around it . 8 dollars every day you want to enter and many Navajo led tours for tourists without their own car. what to say, the area around the park is poor , there is too much garbage around the roads , I feel their is very little respect for the land by the tribe, garbage should be picked up , have some pride in this amazing area of the world. Still there are so many national parks we have been to , that are immaculate , no hundreds of cans and bottles around the roads . No plastic and bags everywhere . I don’t know but it could be better.

On the other hand , there is this beautiful 17 mile loop a ways outside of Monument Valley, called valley off the gods, free entry , free camping , no garbage anywhere , no “you can’t do this , you can’t do that” signs anywhere . feels that it works , there was not a piece of garbage anywhere , the roads were rough and 10 miles an hour was enough . The few tourists you see are friendly and in awe of the surroundings . respect . maybe ?