Well, the second attempt at Monument Valley (UT25) was a resounding success.  Eleven airplanes and 25 people showed up for the fantastic Monument Valley Full Moon Tour.  The weather cooperated this time with sunny warm weather for arrivals and departures.  We had about a 6 knot tailwind landing and about a 5 knot tailwind departing.  As you can see from the pictures below, there is one way to land and the opposite way to depart, due to a prominent sandstone monument.  We moved the start of the tour from 7:30 to 8:30 to maximize our time under the Full Moon.  Our Navajo guide was entertaining and brought us to some pretty remote areas of Monument Valley (See Below).

Here we are (below) hanging by the pool having a few sodas and beers swapping stories!

Dinner at the Historic Gouldings Lodge with some great pilots and passengers.
Even a Cessna joined us for this great fly-in!

So the night sky was completely clear, winds calm and temperature suitable for short sleeve shirts.
Here are just a few pictures for this "Bucket List" fly-in.
Our Navajo guide brought us into remote sections of the park, not available to the general public.
At one stop, he sang a Navajo song which only added to the spiritual nature of the place under Moonlight.
At a second place, he taught us all a Navajo dance.  The eagles had to wonder what those crazy
Mooney pilots were doing at 10:30pm way out in Monument Valley that evening!

Our guide had us all lay against the rock wall of this amazing natural amphitheater.
It was very deep and very high.  As we laid back and relaxed, looking up we saw a circular window
at the top that the Moonlight was seeping through.  If you stared at the window,
you could actuall see a giant eagle.  Lots of fun.  Nature at its best.

See you at the next fly-in!

Photos courtesy of member Phil Corman