Day 2

All I can say is WOW..I left Kingman early this morning, heading East.

Took a side trip on Rte 66, and I now have the greatest admiration for my parents, who every winter, would set off from our small town in Northern Ontario, near the Manitoba border, and would head West to California to visit family travelling part of the way on Rte 66. Today, we are so spoiled with freeways, no slowing down for small towns or getting stuck behind dawdlers.

I loved the area around Flagstaff, the Coconino State Forest, the snowy mountains that you could see for almost a hundred miles in the rear view mirrors, and the the flat forever until I got to the New Mexico border and nature showed up in all its majesty.

Words cannot describe the scenery I saw. The range of color was spectacular..from soft sage, to dusty rose, to deep salmon, not to mention the rock formations, the mesas, the buttes and the amazing escarpments in the distance that look pale pink and white, like they were painted. The whole trip from the AZ/NM border had me spellbound. I wanted to stop every 5 miles and take pictures, however, I knew there was no way to capture what I was seeing in the distance.

When I got to Albuquerque, I checked in then headed of to a restaurant someone had recommended, and what a treat. had my first Agave Wine Margarita, and the tastiest cucumber apple slaw with tilapia. Yummy.

Now long soak and to bed. Tomorrow, onto Santa Fe