After swing through Gallup for a Green Chile burger at "Blakes Lotaburger" we headed for the Window Rock on the Navajo Nation Reservation. One very cool slab of orange sandstone masquerading as a Polo mint.
From there we headed through the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forrest. And then it rained, it thundered and the river ran. So we had been hit with the rain in Albuquerque, but raining in the desert? You gotta be kidding. Please note the running river in the middle of a desert in the middle of summer. Case rested.
Despite the weather this has been some of the "sickest" scenery I have seen. Sage greens, bright reds, silvers, blacks and everything in between. And that's just the rocks! The light is bright but soft, always a deep blue of the sky cut up by many layers of clouds, cirrus, cumulonimbus and a few lenticular (my personal favorite).
Between the cool architecture and great food of Albuquerque and the amazing south west desert... well I guess I have found a future home! Oh and we we are now California time. Despite Arizona being on Mountain Time (like New Mexico) it does not observe day light savings... I guess when a country is this big you are entitled to make up the rules as you go along.
Hey, and I talked tough about Oliver yesterday, so here's him being cute... how long does that last?
Quote of the day (French tourists) "We muzt find a sizzler tonight"
States
- New Mexico
- Arizona
Food Count
- Breakfast : Eggs, Bacon and a Sweet Roll at Frontier Restaurant
- Lunch : LOTA bugger with Green Chillies at Blakes Lotaburger
- Dinner : Steak at Brookfields
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