Time for another long post
Well, we are now in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Tomorrow we will visit the famous caverns here. We had a fabulous sunset tonight and hear coyotes howling in the distant. The desert gets cold at night.
After leaving Las Vegas, we headed into southern Utah and went to Zion National Park. It has beautiful clay-red mountains. From there, we headed south into northern Arizona and camped a night at the north rim of the Grand Canyon. It was at an 88oo' elevation and we were concerned that we were going to wake up with snow on the ground. We had hail that night and it did get into the low 30's. That was enough for us.
The south rim of the Grand Canyon is 10 miles as the crow flies, but to drive to the other side, it is 210 miles. We drove there the next day. We stayed two nights. Quite amazing.
From the Grand Canyon, we headed east into Santa Fe because I wanted to see it. It was a very quaint city, with some great shops and galleries with fantastic Southwestern and Native American art. The town has very strict building codes so that all the buildings conform to the adobe architechural style, even the majority of the homes surrounding the town.
Oh yeah, on our way to Santa Fe, we stopped at Petrified Woods/Painted Desert National Park. The petrified forest was spectacular. They had some trees millions of years old cut and polished to show off all the color of the crystals and minerals that replaced the original wood. They also had some dinosaur skeletons that used to inhabit the area.
We left Santa Fe to head to White Sands National Monument. I LOVED this place. The sand is pure white and looks like snow, and provides a wonderful contrast to the New Mexican sunsets. Very pretty!
We expect to be back in Florida at the end of the month, once Hurricane Wilma passes through. Will update again soon.
After leaving Las Vegas, we headed into southern Utah and went to Zion National Park. It has beautiful clay-red mountains. From there, we headed south into northern Arizona and camped a night at the north rim of the Grand Canyon. It was at an 88oo' elevation and we were concerned that we were going to wake up with snow on the ground. We had hail that night and it did get into the low 30's. That was enough for us.
The south rim of the Grand Canyon is 10 miles as the crow flies, but to drive to the other side, it is 210 miles. We drove there the next day. We stayed two nights. Quite amazing.
From the Grand Canyon, we headed east into Santa Fe because I wanted to see it. It was a very quaint city, with some great shops and galleries with fantastic Southwestern and Native American art. The town has very strict building codes so that all the buildings conform to the adobe architechural style, even the majority of the homes surrounding the town.
Oh yeah, on our way to Santa Fe, we stopped at Petrified Woods/Painted Desert National Park. The petrified forest was spectacular. They had some trees millions of years old cut and polished to show off all the color of the crystals and minerals that replaced the original wood. They also had some dinosaur skeletons that used to inhabit the area.
We left Santa Fe to head to White Sands National Monument. I LOVED this place. The sand is pure white and looks like snow, and provides a wonderful contrast to the New Mexican sunsets. Very pretty!
We expect to be back in Florida at the end of the month, once Hurricane Wilma passes through. Will update again soon.
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