The Southwest

We made our way south to New Mexico qnd are urrently headed west to Miami, AZ. It is certainly nice to be out of the NW, at least for a few days.

It's been neat to watch the landscape changing as we roll through desert canyons and arroyos. I neglected to take pictures through Moab, but the buttes and hills are awesome out there. Giant red and sandy rock faces protruding from the Earth.

I keep feeling I wouldn't mind living in the desert, but then I remember that it gets upwards of 100°f in the summers.

We drove past the Navajo-Gallup pipeline. Which is exciting in that it is a water project that finally recieved funding after 60 years of trying.

Driving into Albuquerque last night was a glittering display. We could see the city lights twinkling for miles across the flat desert. Coming down the butte towards town, the city looked like thousands of jewels strewn through the darkness.Leia mais