Holiday Inn Express 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

... and took her to the Animal Shelter - it wasn't easy to leave to sweet little thing there.

We hiked through the morning and got to see the Globular Cluster and the Sombrero Galaxy through the Chaco Observatory a night. All-in-all, a wonderful leg.

... forward to tomorrow. One of the problems with this part of the country is that you all you have are backroads (to my standards). I was thinking f going to southern Utah but have decided against it. i am too worried about my car at this point, and I still have to go a long ways. So, I am going to visit the Grand Canyon, then go south to pick up the highway.

... to have the knowledge, but certainly do NOT recommend the drive in a Castle, it appears to be a little better in a well sprung car, they passed us travelling at around 35 mph. Never mind tired and hungry, we arrived back and set up the Castle and relaxed and had dinner to settle in to watch a movie (gee Pretty Woman, someone Had to watch that!) Moving into another state tomorrow, to bring the number of states visited to 40, not bad for simple travellers, in a short 6 months.

... cougar, rattlesnakes stuffed, paintings, leather belts adorned with silver, silver necklaces, dolls and statues, as well as Mexican hats and all. A real interesting gathering of everything one could think about including fireworks. We set off again and programmed Mandy to take us to a Wal Mart a little north West of Amarillo. This took around 2.5 hours and into some interesting architecture of the suburbs of this area. A big Mexican influence ...

... we talked to said they once had their awning ripped off, just like I was afraid ours would be. By the next morning, the winds were down and we were finally able to open the awning, which wasn't easy because the pull-strap had disappeared. So Terry had to climb on a ladder and unroll it by hand until the pull-strap eventually appeared about 3-4 feet into the awning roll. Then we were able to unroll and re-roll it up ...

... to the four corners and Utah which is where we actually have some plans. There were pieces of bagel on Evan's pillow when we got into the motel room, accompanied by the some fresh cigarette burns or mouse holes in the sheets; priceless. Im gonna snuggle close to my BBQ shirt from 3 days ago and try to remember the good old days of Southern cuisine......

... really do want to find her) but when we do find her, we spent half the time shocked at her answers and yelling at the radio. It's kind of a love-hate relationship we have with her!
Day #19 Mileage: 673.5
Total Mileage: 5598.3
Allison


Driving, driving, driving. We started to get worried today that we might not get back to Missoula in time unless we hauled some serious ass. We got up early ...

... visit. What a breath taking view. How can anyone look at this beauty and not know there is a Great and Glorious God who has created it all, and with such patience. How very little our hurry up life style becomes in the shadow of such beauty. We closed the day with a trip to Hopi Point where we were able to view and photograph sunset. What a perfect conclusion to a beautiful day.

... to the Grand Canyon? So....seeing the Grand Canyon is a great experience. The fantastic scenery evokes a sense of the tremendous power of random natural forces operating through eons. The "layer cake" geology of the canyon traces earth's history back nearly two billion years. The range of colors in the layers reflect the myriad sources from which the layers were formed. Sediment from eroded sandstone, topsoil ...