We left Bluff behind and headed for a drive through Monument Valley on our way to Kanab. Kanab is a small town placed conveniently between Zion and Bryce, our next to grand destinations. So we drove back to the crossroad and this time we turned in the direction of Mexican Hat, which is apparently a funny looking rock in Monument valley.
As we drove into the valley and the landscape just turned downright bizarre we tuned the ipod to Ennio Morricone done by Metallica... being a sensitive person, driving through that western-like scenery and listening to morricone almost made me cry.
After a while we pulled over to take a walk by a river cutting through the rocks by Mexican hat. We forced our poor Mustang as long into the rocky, gravelly place as we dared and then left it behind.
It was such a beautiful place, and after 3 days of just driving and sleeping, we really enjoyed clambering about. I even started running along the river, very unbecoming of a lady, just to enjoy the feeling of moving my body a little. Ivan must have felt the same, for he ran up a steep hillside most impressively. We were both punished with complete exhaustion though, since we are not in shape and it was very very hot.
We went down to the river to look around. After finding a path through the bushes, we noticed other tracks mingling with Ivans on the ground.
Mountain Lion. After finding several large animal bones scattered around as well, it became clear we had walked into someones Den!
But Mountain Lions dislike people and usually stay away, so we weren't that nervous, and the riverside was lovely and had a bit of precious shade.
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... And what happen next???
We didnt meet the lion. Im sure it was watching us very grumpily from somewhere, but they usually stay away from people. So we just looked around and drove on :)
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