Carlsbad Caverns. Last stop on our tour of national parks, this trip.

 

Abiuqui land

Aztec Ruins

A very nice day.  We are in Bloomfield, NM, four corners area. Went to the Aztec Ruins which the Indians say is not a ruin.  Great experience with Madeleine. 

We sat in the great Kiva for awhile.  It was amazing and the energy so high. Thinking it was my woo wooness was happy to hear Madeleine also felt it.  We talked to a Ranger who said she felt the same way.  I mentioned string theory and she said others had said that after touring the kiva. WOW!   We walked the area while Calvin kept Charlie in the park. We talked him into visiting the kiva while we toured the little museum.

 

 

 

Afterwards a healthy lunch :-)  and a drive down a rough county road trying to find an elusive rock formation.  Finally, gave up and came back to the RV for a good salad.  Quiet afternoon, then The Voice and off to bed.

Four Corners

Left Gallup mid morning on our way to the Farmington area.  Decided since we were that 'close' we might as well go to Four Corners. The corners of states New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and Colorado meet here. A 23 mile trip took over 4 hours of bumpy road.  Indian vendors were set up in each corner.  After a bit of shopping we had some Indian fry bread tacos which we ate in the RV. Love love love having our home on the go.

By the way our very mature teen agers eating a pork chop

 

and drinking from a straw.

 

A day of rest, housekeeping and a Bearazona

We had a quiet day. A short drive, a quiet day. Some things just never change, like laundry.  But you can make the best of it.  Madeleine working her way around the laundry in a basket.

 

A trip to Bearazona.  Papa almost got smacked for opening the windows of the PU.  Approximately 14 black bears roaming the park.

Several white buffalos

 

A very determined photographer

 

 

Grand Canyon, our destination

Climbed in the truck and Madeleine geared up, ready for snapping photos.

 

Stopped at the Little Colorado Gorge. There was a trading post set up selling Indian jewelry etc.  Made a few purchases and took in the scenery.

 

 

 

Beauty and the Grand Canyon

 

another detour

Thursday on our way to Flagstaff we intended to have a short day of travel. But.....here it was, right there on the side of the highway. THE Painted Desert and The Petrified Forest.  Had to stop and take the drive. Lunch at the visitor center and a beautiful drive. 

Still made it to Flagstaff early enough for a relaxing dinner and early to bed.  Tomorrow, The Grand Canyon.