Imzadi
♥ Saved by an angel in a trench coat!
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2004
I hadn't written yet one of my bucket list places. I just posted this in another thread about a place being not what you expected. I'm reposting it here.
Monument Valley, AZ: one of my favorite places in the world. I've been there a good 10 times and hope I go back once more in this lifetime. So, it's on my bucket list again.
When I go there, I feel small and connected to a greater whole at the same time. ![Folded hands :pray: 🙏](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f64f.png)
It's on Navajo tribal land, thank God. Or would have been turned into a money grubbing theme park by now, with each natural monument turned into some ride.![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic) :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](http://www.disboards.com/data/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Instead, it is protected, sacred land.
The area the natural stone monuments are in is called: the Valley of the Gods. Yes, plural: Gods. You can see their artistic handiwork on the monuments, where they must have had a "play day", (God length "day,") or had a competition of building the monuments, with the last God setting down his/her clay "Mittens" at the end of building the monuments. ![Title :love: :love:](http://www.wdwinfo.com/images/smilies/love01.gif)
Evidence of the play day/competition:
The Mittens:
Monument Valley, AZ: one of my favorite places in the world. I've been there a good 10 times and hope I go back once more in this lifetime. So, it's on my bucket list again.
![Smiling face with hearts :smiling_face_with_3_hearts: 🥰](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f970.png)
![Title :love: :love:](http://www.wdwinfo.com/images/smilies/love01.gif)
![Folded hands :pray: 🙏](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f64f.png)
It's on Navajo tribal land, thank God. Or would have been turned into a money grubbing theme park by now, with each natural monument turned into some ride.
![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic) :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](http://www.disboards.com/data/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Instead, it is protected, sacred land.
![Praying1.gif](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-ojhYN6lr2aM%2FWqkzL5vQyYI%2FAAAAAAAAAOw%2FoNCUVUT_UHMl6Jy5E7-wuyWCmBYfd-K7ACLcBGAs%2Fs1600%2FPraying1.gif&hash=f901824a9381b5e8c004cbe77f517973)
![Title :worship: :worship:](http://www.wdwinfo.com/images/smilies/love30.gif)
![Title :love: :love:](http://www.wdwinfo.com/images/smilies/love01.gif)
Evidence of the play day/competition:
![17fc3b25df99c45f4421c1ec4922017fc3b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.travelawaits.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F04%2F17fc3b25df99c45f4421c1ec4922017fc3b.jpg&hash=ce2f5aea21f606d70a3c62a57302557f)
The Mittens: