Experiences labelled with 'trail of the ancients'
There is perhaps a no more unique, beautiful and awe-inspiring place to visit in the continental United States than the southwestern desert. Monument Valley stands as, well, a monument to our collective imaginings about the American west - it's played setting to dozens of old western films and, as kids, we watched the Coyote topple over the Valley's teetering clay ledges in search of his ultimate foe, the Roadrunner. Monument Valley was created through thousands of years of erosion, as rivers and lakes slowly receeded, clay and stone deposits were formed, canyons and gullies were carved, and the wind had its way with the fickle sandstone. What is left are distinct rock formations, such as tabletop mesas, lone buttes and natural rock bridges that feature ...
