The last couple of days we have been covering New Mexico mostly. We left the I-40 alignment and drove north on the older Route 66 road to Santa Fe. This was interesting because we were travelling the old Santa Fe Trail, an important mercantile route of the 1800s. A highlight was our tour of Pueblo National Historical Park with the ruins of Pueblo civilization before the Spanish as well as one of the largest missions ever built by the Spanish when they arrived in this region. Staying overnite in Santa Fe, we walked around the old town and had a pleasant meal in a courtyard restaurant.-- Next day we drove south to Albuquerque stopping at Petroglyphs National Monument. We climbed the lava rock to view the art carved into the rocks by inhabitants from hundreds of years ago. Picking up Route 66 again heading west, overnighting in Gallup, NM. -- The last day, we drove into Arizona where we spent the day hiking and sightseeing in the Petrified Forest National Park. I recall being here some 32 years ago with Jeanne, Donna, and Mike Rizzo. The Painted Desert is still a fabulous place to take in the vistas of the low grasslands and desert. Amazing that people lived in this region for hundreds of years before the Spanish and were able to find enough water and food to sustain a fairly large civilization. -- In Holbrook, we found the Wigwam Motel which consists of several concrete wigwams that still operate as a motel for Route 66 travellers. -- Some of you have asked how our accomodations are. We are mainly staying in cabins in KOA campgrounds. I will put up a picture -- they are fairly spartan but not uncomfotabele and so far, I am enjoying the change of pace from the usual hotel/motel. This morning, a decent pancake and coffee breakfast in the 'chuckwagon' and another day of sunshine as we head west to the Grand Canyon. bye4now/kc
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