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Four Corners Area
The Four Corners is a region of the United States consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, northwestern corner of New Mexico, northeastern corner of Arizona and southeastern corner of Utah. The Four Corners area is named after the quadripoint where the boundaries of the four states meet
On our way from Valley of the Gods to Farmington New Mexico, we visited
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Monumental Tourist Mecca
... huge red Buttes of mountain. They have a track that runs about 17 miles around all the monuments and it was pretty rough in parts and funny watching people in little cars going over this rough road, obviously hire cars..But it was a fantastic road trip ..
After we left we headed to the dining room in the visitors centre and and had a lunch of Blue Indian flat bread ...
Dirt Roads and Wildflowers!
... pass. We drove past more old mining equipments, and then we were back in the trees again. We stopped at a waterfall cascading down the mountainside and trickling under a small bridge. It was really pretty, and the fireweed along the side made it even more perfect! After driving for quite a while, we saw the town of Telluride come into view. A few bumpy miles and many wildflower pictures later, we came ...
Big Day
... and one of those old dessert cooler display cases with a sliding glass door. It had jello and cream pies in it that are still made from the same recipe that was handed down from the mother who first owned the diner to her daughter who took over in the '80s. Chum ordered the chicken fried steak with mash potatoes and gravy (that surprised me) and ate the whole thing. Nate and I had burgers and onion rings. Amazing. It was our first dinner at a real restaurant ...
Deja-vu?
... God gave us an extra dose of encouragement power with these kids. The Navajo reservations are a demographic that don't typically come to mind when thinking of underprivileged, rough kids. But it's just as real. The kids lacked self-motivation and self-confidence. If one couldn't get the screen to stretch enough to snap it in, she stood up to let someone else do it. We took moments like those to instill a little self-confidence and perseverance. ...