May 25, 2021 - Day Six, Flight One, Part Two
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| Flying over some interesting terrain. | ||||||
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| A low-level flyer's paradise. | ||||||
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| I was heading for the San Juan River. | ||||||
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The scenery was fabulous along the way.
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| I decided to fly between those two rather large rocks .... | ||||||
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and then Monument Valley appears before me!
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| This is the third time I have flown Monument Valley; I can remember a time when I didn't even know where it was. | ||||||
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Passing by the "Totem Pole" rock spire; you know, the one that Clint Eastwood and George Kennedy climbed in the movie "The Eiger Sanction".
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| Flying by the Three Sisters. | ||||||
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| What can you say? There's just something awesome about Monument Valley. | ||||||
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| At left, Goulding's Lodge with Goulding's Monument Valley Airport at right. The breakfast at Goulding's Lodge restaurant is the best ever, and I was sorely tempted to land and have breakfast. But the hours between seven and ten AM are prime flying hours so I didn't want to waste time eating. | ||||||
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A closer look at the airport ramp and Goulding's Lodge at the base of the cliff.
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| Looking back east at Monument Valley. | ||||||
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