Winslow, Arizona

Well, I'm standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona........

QUIZ ALERT: What group used these words in a song?


Anyway, that's where we are in a Flyng J for the night.....7:46 local time. Just finished supper.

Backing up a few days, we last left you in Checotah, OK, home of Carrie Underwood, which is the correct answer for the first quiz won by Annie.

Day four (March 4) we left Checotah for Amarillo Texas. Nice weather except for a strong southerly crosswind. In Amarillo we toured Palo Duro Canyon state park. Pretty neat with unusual rock formations. However, we got lost trying to find the place and ended up on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere and had to unhook the car to turn around. The canyon was nice. We stayed at a Flying J in Amarillo.

Day five, Friday the 5th, we drove from Amarillo to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Again, nice weather except for STRONG headwinds, which greatly slowed our progress and drastically reduced fuel mileage. We pulled into Hidden Valley RV resort about noon, had lunch and took a trip up the Turquoise Trail, so named because of all the turquoise in that area. Another neat and unusual 60 mile drive, though not all that exciting. We turned around near Santa Fe, NM and headed back towards Albuquerque and the Sandia Peak Tramway. We had dinner at Sandiagos Mexican restaurant at the bottom of the tram.

At about 5:45 we boarded the tram for a sunset ride to the top of Sandia Peak at over 10,000 feet. The tram is the longest in North America. What a spectacular view of the sunset during the 15 minute ride to the top!!! We both took lots of pics, which I still have not uploaded.....too busy. At the top it was about 20 degrees with a 15 mph wind and a chill factor of REALLY COLD....even for me. We had dessert and coffee at the High Finance restaurant at the top of the mountain. Around 7:30 we took the tram back down and headed back to camp and a good nights rest.

Day six, Saturday, March 6, we left Albuquerque aqbout 9:00. We stopped at Walmart in Gallup, NM and I got two new coach batteries, since they were not holding up all through the night. Barb also did a little grocery shopping before we headed out. Beautiful desert scenery along the way, and we ended up going through the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest before we end up here in Winslow, Arizona. It is now 8:00 pm and I'm getting ready to hit the hay after another long day.

Tomorrow, we plan on heading up to the Grand Canyon to hopefully see it in snow. Till then, take care, have fun and be safe.

Ron & Barb