Tuesday we were on
the road by 8:00am, and drove four hours to Four Corners. Along the way, we got
pulled over by the Arizona Sheriff. Oops. I guess he wasn't as sympathetic to
my tight timeline as Scott was; maybe I should have showed him my spreadsheet.
It was just a warning though.
When I was a little
girl I visited Four Corners with my family (top photo); we recreated that photo today (bottom).
A little further
down the road we drove into New Mexico. You'll see I have 0 fights listed in my daily stats, but I don’t want everyone to think everything is peachy-keen. Below Paradis
and Annelies are arguing over where to stand for the shot.
And here we are after they 'worked it out'. New Mexico was our 32nd state.
As we were making
our way down the road Scott spied a junk yard in Shiprock, NM. If you follow us
regularly, you know we collect license plates for our Map. We haven’t had time
for Junk Yard Digging during this trip, but today we did. We
got plates for New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. The owner wouldn't let us take a photo (weird), so I snapped this on my way out, with the
camera by my side!
We drove to
Aztec, New Mexico and visited the Aztec Ruins. We were able to walk through a
900 year old Ancestral Pueblo Great House with over 400 rooms. It was very
cool. Annelies earned another Junior Ranger badge, and the girls stamped their
passport books.
We picked up a
couple Redbox movies, and hit the road one last time for the day. Just outside
Aztec we drove into state #33 - Colorado. We did a normal shot,
and then Scott asked the group to do a wide-armed pose. Note how excited
Paradis appears.
Scott and I decided
to push through to our next destination, Sand Dunes National
Park, so we can sleep in tomorrow morning. In advance of these trips I do a
lot of planning outlining our basic plan, but I don’t reserve hotel rooms
unless absolutely necessary (e.g., Phantom Ranch at the GC). This allows us to
adjust our schedule based on how we feel, accommodate for bad weather or traffic,
or simply spend more time at a site we are enjoying.
I’m so thankful to
Scott for doing all the driving. Being navigator isn't all fun and games,
especially when you are working with no cell service, but I’m glad I get to blog
and knit instead of driving. You rock Scott!
Day Seven: 518 miles (999 total); $105.68 on
gas ($150.33 total); 2 states (5 total); $124.87 Lodging ($1,010.42 total); $25.80 Souvenirs ($623.07
total); $12 Tourist Traps ($167.80 total); $2 Redbox ($4 total); 0 fights (0
total); 0 injuries (1 total)
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