The following morning, en route to Monument Valley (an area actually on Navajo Indian reservation), we stopped the Goosenecks of the San Juan State Park. This largely an overlook of the San Juan River as it meanders toward the Colorado, but the river flows about 5 miles while only traveling one mile as the crow flies.
Between the Four Corners and the Goosenecks state park is a short drive through the Valley of the Gods (http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/mexican_hat/valley_of_the_gods.html) which is said to be worth the side trip, but one htat we missed due to time limitations.
Visible from the road is the "mexican hat" an oddly shaped natural phenomenon of wind and water erosion. (see photo). I also included a photo of a small lizard friend I found at the Goosenecks state park. He was a bit of a chameleon as he could change colors to match the surronding rock.
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