Day 3: Flagstaff to Santa Fe

We started out the day with $2.69 gas. I t just gets cheaper the further away from CA we get. Today was a travel day. Our first stop was Meteor, AZ to see the world's longest map of route 66.
Our next stop was in Winslow AZ to see the Standing on the corner park which is where the Eagles song, "Take it easy" is based on.

Then on to Geronimo, AZ to see the world's largest petrified tree. It's pretty neat how a tree can turn into such a beautiful stone.

The highlight of our Roadside America tour was in Holbrook, AZ. We saw the Wigwam Hotel which is where part of the movie "Cars" was filmed. The hotel rooms are really in cement teepees and each room has an old car parked in front. We had our first Muffler man sighting in Holbrook as well!
Then it was off to Gallup AZ where we ate lunch at a geocache location. "West end" is a little hole in wall café/bakery that had the best sandwiches and DONUTS. The owner has a geocache placed there, great way to get travelers to stop.

At this point we had wasted enough time so we made a bee-line to Albuquerque, NM. We were after a cache by the name of Cinderella which was at a totem pole made out of high heel shoes. The shoes reminded me a little of gumball alley in SLO, a little moldy, smelly and weather worn.

Santa Fe was our final destination for the day. We stayed near the old historic district and were able to walk there from our hotel. It reminded me a lot of Sedona. I think I like Sedona more than Santa Fe.


We had a good caching day (8) since we bribed Lauren with a new set of ear phones for her I pod. Hers went bad somewhere in CA. Her taste of music and ours are very different. Plus since I am constantly saying oooh look over there she won't have to listen to me anymore. Maybe we should have gotten some for Ed too.

No work out for me today, I am soooo sore from our hike in the Grand Canyon.

Only one inch of knitting today. The cuff is done. We were jumping in and out of the car too much to really get into it today.

We ate dinner at Salsa Bravo in Flagstaff tonight. Its a diner, drive-in and dive spot.

Tomorrow we have a long trek from Santa Fe, NM to Enid, OK to stay with The Tutts (Ed's sister and family) for 3 days. YEAH FOR COUSIN TIME!