Last night in Flagstaff, I wandered into Bookman’s and found a bunch of used Bill Crider and Robert Vaughan westerns in fine condition. Nothing makes a trip like finding good books. This morning we left Flagstaff around 9 (after a complimentary breakfast of biscuits and gravy at the Hampton Inn) and headed east for Albuquerque. Along the way, we took a peek at the famous La Posada Hotel in Winslow AZ (a desolate, decaying, modern-day ghost town), made the obligatory photo-opportunity stop at the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook (that’s my wife Valerie and my daughter Maddie in the photo, which you can click to enlarge) and toured the Petrified Forest National Park. We stopped for lunch at the El Rancho Hotel in Gallup, New Mexico and made it to Albuquerque by 5:30 for a sunset stroll through Old Town, which was closed and deserted for Easter. Tomorrow,we’re planning on revisiting Old Town, taking the aerial tramway up to the snow and having dinner with my friends Aimee & David Thurlo, authors of the Ella Clah novels.
Oddly enough, you’re following almost exactly the same route as I am about to on the trip I leave for on Saturday (except that I’m continuing on to Florida). I’m just wondering- is the Petrified Forest worth a visit? My planning is still kind of up in the air.
I think so… it’s my second visit (I went the first time three or four years ago while on a business trip). My wife and daughter sure liked it.
I’d skip the Meteor Crater…but be sure to check out the Acuma Sky City Pueblo, it’s just outside of ABQ.
I think so… it’s my second visit (I went the first time three or four years ago while on a business trip). My wife and daughter sure liked it.
I’d skip the Meteor Crater…but be sure to check out the Acuma Sky City Pueblo, it’s just outside of ABQ.
That was my opinion of Meteor Crater as well. Especially the day after the Grand Canyon.
Thanks; I’ll keep that in mind.