{"id":7520,"date":"2017-11-07T05:58:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T12:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=7520"},"modified":"2021-09-28T05:34:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T12:34:01","slug":"monument-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=7520","title":{"rendered":"Monument Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Three Sisters rises<\/strong> before all those that gaze upon the <a href=\"http:\/\/navajonationparks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">valley<\/a> in monolithic silence. 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