We ended up riding from Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah to Meteor Crater in Arizona. Again, Utah was absolutely awe inspiring.
Looking at the map, there appeared to be a knot in the road that we were going to be travelling on. Well, it turns out that the knot was a steep gravel road filled with switch backs and sheer drop offs on one side. I must say that it was quite an experience on a motorcycle with normal tires.
Heading towards the border of Utah and Arizona, we came across Monument Valley. It was really neat, but only a little better than the rest of Utah that we've been driving through. When we found out you have to pay to actually ride through Monument Valley, we decided to skip it and keep on going.
Once we crossed into Arizona, we stopped by a Navajo restaurant for lunch. We were just going to order something plain until we saw sandwiches that used Navajo fry-bread as the sandwich bread. I got a steak sandwich. Oh goodness it was delicious.
After a long day of riding, we finally reached Meteor Crater. Both of us were really sore and tired from the horribly maintained roads we were just on combined with the strong cross winds of the area. We were also astonished that the crater had a $15 entrance fee. It's just a hole in the ground. Reluctantly we paid and entered their almost amusement park-like setup. It was incredibly lack luster, but we did see Billy Connolly there. He was filming some sort of documentary.
Being so tired, we decided not to drive the extra 40 miles or so to our designated campsite. Meteor Crater had a rather nice campground right there and we took advantage of it. The tree situation was abysmal though, so we each used one tree and then used our bikes as the other anchor point like we practiced before the trip started. The winds were probably about 30mph and it made setting up the hammocks really annoying. They acted like giant sails.
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