Valley of the Gods 250a

About 20 miles west of Bluff is the Valley of the Gods, which is reachable by a dirt road. The first time I visited them in the 1990's, you could count on driving the 17 mile dirt road and seeing no one. The area is much more well-known now with cars coming through every few minutes on summer days. Solitude is still possible, except when someone in a giant SUV drives through too fast with their windows rolled up and air conditioning on, 'consuming' the landscape rather than experiencing it -- and generating lots of dust and noise.