---
title: "The six hours were worth it"
date: "2025-09-13"
time: "21:15"
location: "Monument Valley"
country: "United States"
lat: 36.998
lng: -110.0985
weather: true
weatherData: { tempMin: 11.8, tempMax: 23.1, code: 51, precipitation: 0.1, windMax: 21.1, source: "open-meteo", recordedAt: "2026-09-06T08:32:19.381Z" }
---

The light came back at about six and the place stopped looking like a postcard and started looking like the reason anybody drives out here at all.

Writing this from a plastic chair outside the room. Nothing photographable in the dark, so this one is only words.