I wanted to title this "Tucumcari to Farmington with deepest apologies to Lowell George" but Perky sniffed. sittin in a room in Farmington,New Mexico gettin a Beatles sound track on Larry King Live on CNN.Perfect for my last couple days. NO,my last three weeks. The wonderful THINGS you discover in places you shoulda gone to see long ago.Speaking only for myself bout the "shoulda."Anyway,we split Taos in a hurry due to our fave dog being unwelcome ON THE GROUNDS of our motel and an approaching 300 lb baad lookin cleaning person. Much more great photos than any we've taken. There's a pretensiously funky side to Taos that still has a great appeal. Pretensiously funky breakfast and 2nd gear up the bigass mountain to Angel Fire. Not the pretensiouly pretensious ski area;but next door to the National Viet Nam Monument. Bout 11000 ft and panoramic views. Back to Taos & onward thru the fog.Over the spectacular Rio Grande Gorge bridge (Perky says it Needs some changes safetywise)(you see, Perky walked across the bridge and she knows!) and into the mountains for real. Nuttin for miles but grandeur.Few vehicles and lotsa 3rd & second gear while wishing I had changed the fuel-air mix on the van. Friends, you gotta see for yourself'. Turned into many miles before shuttin her down. Perky found a great motel,got semi-second wind,ate at 11(how Euro)and fell down like.......well,like REALLY tired people. 'Somewhere in there we decided to take today to deal with THINGS that needed us. So we did. Oil change for Flossie, banking for El E. Straightening the van for Perky. Tomorrow we are off to Four Corners and Mesa Verde, the real reason we are still here. We've come too far to miss such beauty and history. Then, poor us, it's south through Arizona, Canyon de Chelly, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, the crater left by the former volcano, Grand Canyon and the Beatles in Las Vegas. Expect to make Pahrump by Christmas and invite you all to come and share Noel with us. No, seriously folks, we should be there by the weekend. Looking forward to the 4th with Chris and familyand only sorry that you won't be with us. Keep checking the blog and please check out the pics. It's must easier than sitting through our showing ALL of them to you when we return. Signing off for now....
2 comments:
Make sure to get some Vaseline before you head out into the desert, and an extra cooler of ice and Gatorade. There's that mean stretch around Flagstaff or wherever the hell it is. I remember racing through the desert on Route 66 and my skin drying into Neil-jerky as we drove. I'm sure everything is modern now except the place you need to be.
Can't believe you are actually almost there....what an amazing adventure....Lesli should be here by Saturday. Thinking of you traveling the U.S. in 2nd gear!
Love ya, Terri
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