USA Road Trip - Monument Valley (+ HIDDEN Spot Reveal!)

Hey guys and welcome to a new Laura and Nicolas video. So we made it to Monument Valley here in the USA. We're actually doing a three-week road trip and we're hitting all these incredible spots like this one. It's an insane place, it's been used in so many movies and now it's in a Laura and Nicolas vlog. We're so excited to be here and we're actually going to drive a 17 mile loop which takes you to all these incredible viewpoints and yeah. The whole loop is a dirt road but you don't need a big SUV to drive it. You can just use your own regular car like it's no problem. Although we have a big SUV powered by Lexus. Thank you Lexus. But before we go we just want to tell you at the end of this video we will show you actually an alternative Monument Valley. It is a truly hidden gem. We've been there before but we'll show it to you in this video. It's sick so keep watching. Yeah Now let's go. Okay guys so we made it to our first stop here at Monument Valley and you can see it right behind us. It is called the Three Sisters. I don't know why exactly but as you can see. You don't know why? No. Can you count? It's three rocks which is basically it. Three pillar rocks behind us. The view from literally anywhere. It's just insanely beautiful. I mean look at this. Yeah we're just not really lucky with the weather. The sun is peeking through but in general the red. The reds are not that rock. The rocks are not that red because the sun is not super bright. We don't have like those blue skies but it's still obviously super beautiful. We're just as photographers not really happy with the weather. We just want like the best life. But hey we're not complaining. We're here. We did notice that there's a little bit more tourism than a few years ago. It's crazy. So right before we came here we were in Cage where you have the famous Antelope Canyon and where you have Lake Powell and Horseshoe Bend. And it is crazy how touristy it became over the years. But I guess that's just what happens anywhere in the world. Yeah I mean after two difficult years with the C word. Covid. People are finally traveling again. So I guess it makes sense. Can't blame them. But yeah I think we're just gonna drive a bit further now and see what the next stop is. Yeah because I think of the 17 miles we only did one. Okay so we just stopped again and I just wanted to ask you guys. Does anyone know why people do this? Why they make these little piles of rocks? You see that all around the world and I just don't understand. I think it's a thing like I've been here. Oh like people who scratch their names on trees and carving their names in rocks. Maybe something like that. We have no idea. But anyway yeah we just stopped again. We're not like being really fast with this loop. It's just so beautiful. We're like an hour and a half in and we've only done like. We're not even halfway. No. Everything is so beautiful so we just want to stop everywhere. Right over there as well. Look at that van go right there. We've seen so many camper vans it actually in a way makes us miss Harvey our van. But on the other hand everything in the back would be like oh yeah it would be crazy. It would be insane. And it's 100 degrees everywhere and in a van 100 degrees just isn't nice. So yeah we're happy that we're in our luxury SUV. All right let's let's continue the drive before sunset. Okay so we thought we'd explain you guys quickly how the loop works. So you enter the park where you pay your entrance fee which is only like eight dollars and then you start driving here at the star. And then you have this loop. So this is what we're driving right now. I think we're currently at post nine I think. And then after that loop you just take the same road again until like the point where you started. So basically you have all these numbers that are like viewpoints or like stops that you should take. It's super easy and very straightforward. We're here I think now. We're just gonna get out of the car because this is one of our favorite spots. Okay so that last spot that you just saw was John Ford's point. That light wasn't really good for us to take photos. But we still hope that we took some good ones. Because that was for us like a bucket list photo spot that we wanted to take photos at. Also at that point you can actually rent a horse. Well not really rent it. You can use a horse as a photo prop. Yeah so you pay and then they yeah. You pay like five bucks and then they bring the horse to the point. Yeah. You make a photo. Unfortunately the horse couldn't go to the pointy end. Yeah not completely as you can see in the video. But that's fine. And I was very scared of the horse. I'm kind of like intimidated by horses. Anyway. As you should be. Yeah anyway. Now we are driving back to our starting point because the sunset is already like the sun is already setting. We're already like actually a little bit late. So we're gonna. I am racing. We're gonna hurry. So Nicolas is racing to make it in time. Good thing we have a four by four. Yeah indeed. All right so we'll see you there. All right guys so we finished the loop and we came to the visitor center. For sunset. Also did a little outfit change. Nicolas is a real cowboy now. I wanted to take some pictures during sunset with the three beautiful rocks in the background. But you were already in this outfit when we shot by the John Torp point. Was I? Yeah Nicolas did the outfit change right before that. But anyway. We're here to watch sunset. This is definitely the best spot for sunset. Tomorrow morning we're gonna go to an incredible spot for sunrise. We're gonna try and go to bed early because I think we'll have to wake up again at like five or something. And there's also an hour time difference with Arizona. So ****. We need to wake up even earlier. We need to wake up very early. We will see you in the morning and now we're just going to enjoy the rest of the sunset. And hopefully the colors will become like a little bit pink. Goodbye. Goodbye. See you tomorrow morning. Good morning. Good morning. We woke up for sunrise to come to Forest Gump road. Probably the most famous view that you've ever seen from Monument Valley. It doesn't look that good on this shot. But we'll show some clips after this to show you what it looks like. So that's the thing. Like when shooting here there's constantly cars popping. So you should be very careful. You can come here. Wait. You can come here as well for sunset. But then you will get the silhouette. So you get like a rock that's very black. Because the sun like sat behind the rocks. But I think sunrise is the best time. I think I agree with Laura for once. Okay but yeah. We took some pictures. We'll include them right here. We also made some videos. And now we're just gonna hop in the car and find coffee. Okay so we just got back from Forest Gump point. Took a little shower here in our motel. Because we're on a road trip with Lexus we wanted to show you guys how much luggage we have and how easy it is to fit in the trunk. I was a bit scared before because we're having a lot of stuff. One we have a lot of stuff. And two this is the ultra luxury version. So you have like these two lie flat seats in the back. Which we showed in the previous vlog. So the trunk space is a little bit smaller. But I'll show you. We can fit everything without a problem. Okay so this is how much luggage we have. We actually have some smaller bags that we place in the back seat as well. Because we need to access it while driving. But yeah these are our suitcases. So two very big ones. Two smaller ones. And then Nicolas's backpack with all the photo gear. Now let's see if we can fit it all. Okay so we told you guys that after Monument Valley we were going to show you a hidden gem. That you could go to instead of Monument. No actually you should do both. But still this is a place that it's like a mini Monument Valley. There's not a lot of people. It's super beautiful as well. So we're going to show you. And the name is Valley of the Gods. There is no entrance fee. It's also a 17 mile loop on dirt tracks. Yeah. So it's really a mini Monument Valley. But for free. So if you're on a budget. And without the crowds. Yeah we're just going to show you. And we're going to drive it. And hopefully we can inspire you for your next trip. We started our drive. There's almost no one here. We just saw one car so far. And yeah as we said it's basically a mini Monument Valley. But just less people. And I'd say the rocks are a bit smaller maybe. Yeah it's definitely less impressive. But it's also cheaper. So I mean also you can camp here. So you can just drive in. Put up your tent or like stay in your camper. And just camp here for a few nights. I'm not sure. Do you need a permit? No you do not. You're sure? I am certain. Okay make most of it up for me guys. Well we're just going to continue our drive. And then it is off to our next destination. Yes let's go. Okay so that was Valley of the Gods. It was incredible. But in the meantime we made it to our next destination. Moab. So this is actually personally. I don't know about Nikolas. But for me this is one of my absolute favorite places in the US. And one of my favorite places in the world as well. Because there's so many national parks around. Well not national parks. But just incredible place to see here. But we'll keep that for the next one. Also we are staying in this amazing tent. Overlooking this amazing view. We are overlooking Arches National Park actually. Which is crazy. 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