14/04: Driving Thru New Mexico
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
We awoke to a clear bright blue sky .... should be a good day weather wise. After picking up fuel we were on our way west. New Mexico is one of Ed and my favourite states. We just love the wide open spaces, the incredible scenery and the wide variety of places to see and things to do.
Before we left home we decided to make a slight detour on our way to California and stop at Monument Valley. It's a place that we've wanted to see and just never able to fit it into any of our previous trips thru New Mexico. At Albuquerque we drove north causing our route to go thru Farmington, Ship Rock and Four Corners. In preparation for our visit to Monument Valley Ed and I have been listening to several of Tony Hillerman's books about Joe Leaphorn a Navajo police officer who patrols the Navajo Reservation including the Monument Valley area. It was interesting looking at the country that was so well described by Hillerman.
In one of the books, Hillerman mentions one of the characters grabbing a burger at a Lotaburger in Farmington, so we did as well. Pretty good burger.
There is only one place in the United States where four states meet. This is called Four Corners. Here Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet.
Ed proving he can be in four states at the same time. Now it would be more impressive if he could be a solid, a liquid, a gas and a plasma at the same time.
As we continue towards Monument Valley we start to see large rock formations.
This area must have had some rain as the plants are turning green and there are wild flowers.
Ed getting his second geocache in Utah, another state he can check off.
We are camped at Gouldings Resort about 5 miles from Monument Valley.
The view from our campsite.
Before we left home we decided to make a slight detour on our way to California and stop at Monument Valley. It's a place that we've wanted to see and just never able to fit it into any of our previous trips thru New Mexico. At Albuquerque we drove north causing our route to go thru Farmington, Ship Rock and Four Corners. In preparation for our visit to Monument Valley Ed and I have been listening to several of Tony Hillerman's books about Joe Leaphorn a Navajo police officer who patrols the Navajo Reservation including the Monument Valley area. It was interesting looking at the country that was so well described by Hillerman.
In one of the books, Hillerman mentions one of the characters grabbing a burger at a Lotaburger in Farmington, so we did as well. Pretty good burger.
There is only one place in the United States where four states meet. This is called Four Corners. Here Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet.
Ed proving he can be in four states at the same time. Now it would be more impressive if he could be a solid, a liquid, a gas and a plasma at the same time.
As we continue towards Monument Valley we start to see large rock formations.
This area must have had some rain as the plants are turning green and there are wild flowers.
Ed getting his second geocache in Utah, another state he can check off.
We are camped at Gouldings Resort about 5 miles from Monument Valley.
The view from our campsite.