We left Phoenix on Sunday after Church and traveled via Flagstaff, We stopped in Winslow Arizona for a quick bite and you could see us 'Standing on the Corner in Windslow AZ' - Winslow is truely a one corner town ;) . From there we went to the Petrifried Forest National Monument which was really another hole in the wall. They had a nice Visitor Center and little store but that was about it. The park was open but it was ater 5pm and they were closing at 7pm...all it offered was hiking and seeing the sights. We left there and drove to Grants NM where we found a Travel Lodge to spend the night....free breakfast, free internet and a bed to flop in for the night was about all they offered. A Denny's next door filled our growling stomachs. The next morning after our free breakfast we headed out again on the road by 9am.
The sights in NM are awesome - it's truely God's Country. We saw a man carrying a cross across the dessert following the I-40. A friend sent me this link to a man who is doing this currently and we suspect it was him we saw: http://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/water-cooler/terry-pollard-texas-man-carrying-cross-across-all-50-states We also saw red mountains galore....just beautiful and so clear.
We pulled into Santa Fe exhausted from another day of driving, but we had only driven a couple hours. We were hungry and just wanted food....low and behold we saw a sign for a KOA (Kampgrounds of America) and we stopped to see if we could get a spot for the night. We were just going to get a tent site (we sleep in our van) but they had cabins available for $50, so we are here for 2 nights....it's colder than heck at night - it was 42 degrees when I woke up at 4:30AM. This morning at 10am it's 60 degrees. We took a nap yesterday afternoon and it rained, thundered and lightening the entire time....I'm not crazy about cold but it was getting so hot in Phoenix this is a nice reprieve.
I've taken pictures but it's taking forever for them to e-mail from my phone to my computer...will post them later today or tomorrow. I'm going to try and update daily and post pictures for everyone to see.
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