Saturday Sep 13
Had a LONG day today—400 miles in 8 hrs—that’s a lot for us. We descended from 7,000 feet in Santa Fe leaving the lovely adobe architecture, turning west on I-40 at Albuquerque. Passed thru flat scrubby desert where you could see forever into a little more vegetation & watched real cowboys herding cattle. We’ve already stood on the corner in Winslow, AZ—ditto for Meteor Crater—stopped for a break at one of the hundreds of trading posts and saw an original RV—the skeleton of a covered wagon—drove thru vast lava flows—saw lots of the Mother Road (Route 66)—which included falling down & fallen down buildings & rusted vehicles. Sad sight! I-40 has meant the demise of so many small towns & businesses—turned them into true ghost towns. With all that said, this is still an awesome, beautiful country we live in! Gradually ascended to 7,000 ft coming into Flagstaff, AZ where mountains & trees suddenly popped up from the desert floor and it’s much cooler. We’ll be here for two full days. More on that later!
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