Another gorgeous day! We left Grants, NM heading west on I40, through Gallup and stopped at Pertified Forest NP and the Painted Desert. What an interesting find! Its the largest "collection" of petrified trees in the country.....they're everywhere! And beautiful Agate colors.
Then back on I40 to Flagstaff, passing through Winslow and on a few miles of old Rt 66, which looks like a pretty nice city except that it sits at 6000 feet and they have real Winters! From here its 70 miles due north to the Grand Canyon on a very scenic road which takes you through beautiful Ponderosa forests and over an 8000 foot pass. We checked in at the Red Feather Lodge just a few miles outside the park, then went into the park and viewed the Canyon at Mather Point (Mr. Mather is credited with starting the National Park Service - bless him!) By then it was way past our dinner time so we went to the cafeteria at Yavapi Lodge for a pretty decent meal, jostling with a busload of pushy, obnoxious French tourists!
Not sure about tomorrow. We've heard that the road we intended to take through Page, AZ has had a collapse so is closed. Hmmmm.
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| Painted Desert |
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| Route 66 site |
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| Petrified trees |
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| San Francisco de Asis - Flagstaff |
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| Late afternoon light casts great shadows |
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