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Article: Navajo guide helps visitor to see beauty in Monument Valley.
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- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
- Article date:
- November 17, 2003
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Byline: Ron Cobb
MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah _ It's 6:30 a.m., an hour before sunrise. Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park is pitch black, and I'm the only person at the locked gate outside the visitors center.
In a few minutes, headlights appear on the road leading into Monument Valley. I'm hoping it's Tom Phillips, the 54-year-old Navajo guide who is going to take me on a sunrise photo tour among Monument Valley's imposing sandstone monoliths.
"I think I need a 9-to-5 job earning minimum wage," a sleepy Phillips complains as he steps out of his Jeep Cherokee, holding a mug of coffee. "I think I'd like it better."
Phillips has been leading ...