The morning sun begins to peek above the ridge between Totem Pole on the left and Yei Bi Chei on the right in Monument Valley. The Yei Bi Chei are Navajo spiritual gods. It’s always fun to get a starburst, pinching the sun as it emerges. Our guide, Helen, from Three Sisters Navajo Guides, accommodated our request to come here at sunrise although she’d never driven here because sometimes vehicles get stuck in the deep sand. After consulting a fellow guide about logistics, off we went, bumping along the narrow road until the Totem Pole came into view just as the sun was rising. Helen maneuvered the vehicle through the deep sand like the pro she is and we got our shots. The Totem Pole is an eroded mesa that now is merely a spire after millions of years of erosion. If you have ever seen the 1975 Clint Eastwood movie, The Eiger Sanction, this is the spire Clint Eastwood actually climbed for his role in the movie as his character prepared for his ascent on the Eiger (one of the Swiss Alps).