Navajo Point
2018年4月24日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We decided to drive out the east road, Desert View Drive, to see all the viewpoints. We drove out to Desert View Watchtower, where we discovered the “Snack Bar” serves only ice cream and cookies.もっと詳しく
Lipan Point
2018年4月24日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Another spectacular view and few people to share it with.
Moran Point
2018年4月24日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Moving on
2018年4月24日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
After seeing the Grand Canyon, we drove back on the highway to our RV. Would you know that during all this time together, I never realized Eric had founded a popular steakhouse in Tusayan Arizona? Iもっと詳しく
Big big day
2018年4月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We started off the day at Meteor Crater RV Park, a nice stopover close to a bunch of cool sights.
Meteor Crater
2018年4月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We came to see the Meteor Crater because it was on our way but it was ABSOLUTELY worth the stop. The crater formed 50,000 years ago when a large meteor struck the ground at a steep angle. It wasもっと詳しく
Meteor Crater, Continued
2018年4月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
This museum was really cool and they were adding onto it to expand the visitors area. We were surprised to find out the astronauts from the Apollo mission trained here because the landscape is similarもっと詳しく
Movin' On
2018年4月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
After the Meteor Crater, we had to get a move on. We have to make it all the way just outside Santa Fe tonight! Lots of coal mines and energy plants and refineries and so on along I-40. And tons ofもっと詳しく
Holbrook
2018年4月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
What a funky little town! We turned off here to head towards the Petrified Forest and we were treated to a bunch of relics from Route 66.
Have you stayed in a wigwam lately?
Why are thereもっと詳しく
Is this the right way?
2018年4月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
If this is a National Park, why is there no one on the road to get there? Turns out Wednesday in April is NOT a popular tourist time here either.
Petrified Forest
2018年4月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We stopped at the Rainbow Forest Museum & Visitors Center and found they had the most amazing display of petrified wood throughout the forest. Eric had seen a petrified forest before, but it was myもっと詳しく
Driving north
2018年4月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Now we are headed up north through the Petrified Forest National Park up to the Painted Desert Park. Our view from the RV is really incredible since we sit up high and are surrounded with windows;もっと詳しく
The Painted Desert
2018年4月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The painted desert is a vast area of colored rock and dunes through the Southwest, extending across multiple states. This location is one of the best and easiest places to see it. The old Route 66もっと詳しく
Living the good life
2018年4月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Speed limit is 75, we’re passing semis, and our motorhome just celebrated 10,000 miles. What more could you wish for?
Entering New Mexico
2018年4月25日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Today was a big day. We saw Meteor Crater, Petrified Forest, the Painted Desert, and drove 400+ miles. Finally we entered New Mexico, passed through Albuquerque, and made it up to our campground inもっと詳しく
Cochiti Lake
2018年4月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Woke up at a beautiful & isolated state park campground that was just recently renovated. It’s nice to be out of the city and with a little more space since we’ve been staying mostly at RV parksもっと詳しく
Exploring Santa Fe
2018年4月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Today we decided to take our own driving tour of Santa Fe. We started off at the historic Plaza Cafe with the best sopapillas in New Mexico (I agree with the claim). They are these doughy friedもっと詳しく
Sophie WhiteI think you would too! It’s very charming and there are a lot of activities without feeling too blatantly touristy
The mountains
2018年4月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Next we drove up to a little state park less than 10 miles out of town (Hyde Memorial). I wanted to see if we got high enough up if we could see the valley laid out before us. Before we knew it weもっと詳しく
Heading out to Southern New Mexico
2018年4月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
And we’re hitting the road, driving back through Albuquerque and down south on Interstate 25 to see the more rural part of the state.
You wouldn’t believe how hard the wind blows out here! Theもっと詳しく
Albuquerque
2018年4月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Driving through Albuquerque just reminds Eric of all the business trips he’s taken here. Oh look, there’s his Marriott hotel!
The Rio Grande
2018年4月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
I pictured the Rio Grande being large and impressive, big and muddy like the Mississippi. It’s a bit smaller and less “grand” than I expected, muuuch smaller than the Sacramento. The valley itもっと詳しく
Turning East
2018年4月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Now we’re turning east and our highway will run just north of the White Sands Missile Testing Range.
Since entering Arizona we have seen a zillion trains 🚂 mostly running along side us. Mostもっと詳しく
Final stretch down south
2018年4月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We turned south at Carrizozo, towards Alamogordo and our campground. Just before the town we passed the Valley of Fires, a big lava flow.
Dusk
2018年4月27日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
We’ve noticed that the dark arrives abruptly here. It hits dusk and after about 15 minutes it is pitch black, no light. We were racing the sun to get into our site tonight and we got beat by aboutもっと詳しく
Oliver Lee Memorial State Park
2018年4月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We stayed in a state park about 20 minutes outside Alomogordo, which is a sizable town in this area. It was quite isolated and quiet, which is just how we like it. The campground was nestled into theもっと詳しく