Saturday, July 30, 2011

Drive Across America...Day Seven

The states we were in today:
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona

We drove 329 miles and this is the route we took:

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We finished listening to The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and started The Silver Chair.

Our first stop today was at Four Corners.  The corner where Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona meet.
Rose and I both found some hand crafted jewelry to buy from the booths at 4 Corners, which is located on a Reservation

Here we are standing in 4 states (in the background you can see the booths set up all around it)
Rose laying in four states at one time

From my window...


Sonic for lunch

I forgot to mention that Rose lost a tooth yesterday.  She pulled it in the van.  She calls it her Golden Tooth since it was her 7th tooth to come out and she is 7 years old.
We saw this.  We don't know what it is.  Do you?


We really enjoyed seeing the Grand Canyon today. 

For you trivia lovers....... Rose asked a Ranger and we found out that the Colorado River is on average 300 yards wide and the canyon is on average 10 miles wide.

Rose has been doing the Jr Ranger programs at the parks.  She is very proud of her badges she has earned.


my favorite pic today


Dinner tonight was at the Yippee-I!-O! Steakhouse

We stayed at the Best Western in Williams, AZ

Chad and Rose had time to hit the pool before going to bed
We had a great day and felt that we got to see a lot today. 

2 comments:

Samantha said...

Incredible! I can't wait to go to the Grand Canyon and Four Corners. Rose looks like she is getting sunshine this week.

Uncle J says that your mystery picture appears to be some sort of silo? Interesting. So glad you are taking the back roads. When we made the drive from Phoenix to San Diego, I enjoyed the highways far better than the interstate.

How is the motion sickness?

Love you!

Jennifer Hoover said...

This has been so fun to read! I am so glad you guys are getting to see all these places. Looks like you are having lots of fun. The kids keep asking 'so when are they coming in next?' I am like let em get where they are going before we hound about when they are leaving lol!