Holiday Inn Farmington

Today, we went to Mesa Verde National Park. There were alot of Pueblo Indian Cliff Dwellings. I got another Junior Ranger Badge. It was my 16th! We took a long hike up and down the mountain to get to go inside some cliff dwellings. We saw a big cloud of smoke from a fire on our way home. We drove to Aztec, New Mexico

Makes me want to be an archaeologist.<br><br>But our trip there included breaking the trailer General Lee style and picking up a stray puppy in the 100' weather. We spent the rest of that afternoon figuring out what to do with the poor thing. We named her ...

Left the cafe and went to the Taos Pueblo. It was an amazing expereience. The Pueblo is nestled at the foot of the mountains. It is inhabited by ~50 (I think) people who use no modern conveniences. They get their water from the river that runs through. Everyone I encountered, both the inhabitents and those who lived on the outskirts, were so warm and welcoming ...

Day 173 Bloomfield - New Mexico Yes we are still in the same place, yet we covered a lot of territory today. Unable to hire a car, being a Sunday here, we headed out to the Aztec ruins first up, with the knowledge The Castle would have no problem. Only a few miles down the road and we found our way to the National Historic site. Great! our National pass works yet again. We were also treated to a pleasure of having a guide give us a talk. The young lady was obtaining an ...

... the houses had rows of rusty pickups or cars alongside them, a similar view portrayed in movies. Very dry landscape. Eventually we arrived at our chosen destination, and with a small challenge to find the RV park we have settled in for the evening. We have within our surrounds the Chaco Canyon with the Pueblo Bonito ruins, as well as the "misnamed" Aztec ruins in the Navajo Reserve. Should be an interesting explore of ancient times and cultures.

... side of the RV, in spite of being rolled up, was getting battered and jumped off the bracket that holds it in the middle, by the roof. We have heard many stories of awnings being completely ripped off, so I was almost freaking out everytime the awning arm (right next to my seat) shook and rattled. There literally wasn't anyplace where we could stop and get out of the wind in order to reposition the awning, so the ...

So here we are, Farmington, New Mexico. We found a Mexican restaurant to eat at that was supposedly the best in town; I hope for the town's sake that that was a false statement. We ate some taquitos, fajitas (con pollo), and carne asada. We were the only patrons in the place and the food was so-so, but then again, what did we expect. At least we are ...

Wow! We have only 10 days left before we leave on our African adventure to visit our missionary son in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We are slogging through the preparations, checking bags and weights (I KNOW we'll have to pay hugely for ov**weight luggage), finishing details h**e for our departure. Big thing now is waiting on the visas to come......because I sent our passports off with the applications. Can't travel ...

Well we eventually arrived in Flagstaff after a 32 hour train journey. As it turned out it wasnt that bad, mainly slept through most of it. Arrived at 11pm and managed to find the hostel really easily. Its is right on route 66! We have booked our ticket to the Grand Canyon. It was about 60 pounds for the 2 of us so really hope it is worth it. Not looking for ward to it. I mean how exciting can a whole in the ground really be? It is so warm here right now. been about 25 ...

... ready to believe any item of information available. At the Curry Village campground a small herd of deer showed no alarm or discomfort as they grazed almost within touching distance of people on the parking area. I discovered there is a public shower at Curry. It felt great...plenty of hot water and soap. About 5:30 that afternoon a thunder storm moved in from the east right over Half Dome. Under a mean looking black cloud the wind moved erratically. Lightning jabbed ...