Route: Flagstaff, AZ to Albuquerque, NM – 324 miles
I’m having problems with pictures and video tonight, so I’ll see if I can edit that back in later.
So the original plan this morning was to make a left at Gallup, NM and go visit some family in Cortez, CO. That didn’t happen. We got to Gallup and realized that we would be driving 300 north across a sparsely populated Indian reservation in the dark. Also it was supposed to snow later. We decided in the interest of time and safety to just go straight through New Mexico and stop in Albuquerque for the night.
We had another 3 hours or so of driving in us, but we decided that getting to a hotel early-ish and being able to just have some downtime was more important. However, now our route for the rest of the trip is thrown off. Tomorrow will be interesting. We’re going to continue east on 40, but Amarillo is too close to stop for the night and Oklahoma City looks to be too far. Andy’s curled up in a chair with the atlas right now trying to work it out.
Highlights from today: We stood on a corner in Winslow Arizona! If you don’t know why that’s exciting, go ask your parents. Winslow is surprisingly lovely. That reminds me, we bought some postcards today and meant to write them out tonight. Maybe tomorrow…
We crossed into New Mexico and there was snow! On the ground! Andy pulled over on the side of the road and pushed me out so I could do a little dance in it. New Mexico is spectacular. The rock formations combined with the desert are amzing. I’m hoping we can at least drive through Old Town Albuquerque in the morning and get some pictures. We’ll see where we end up tomorrow.
