Our route from Blanding was south on 261 towards Monument Valley. Along the way we came across two spectacular but unexpected sights. The first was the (to us) oddly names Moki Dugway. This is a roadway carved into a sandstone escarpment that connects the highland plateau of the canyon land region with the lower lands of the northern Arizona Navajo Indian lands of Monument Valley. The next interesting sight was the descriptively named Gooseneck State Park. At this spot there is an overlook which gives incredible views of the twisting course of the San Jaun river before it finds its way into Lake Powell.

From Gooseneck we followed 163 through Monument valley with the clear sunny weather affording us great views of the impressive sandstone structures.

Late in the day we arrived in Page, found a campground and gathered some information in preparation for a visit to Antelope Canyon in the morning.