OKC to Amarillo, TX to Taos, NM to Blanding, UT

Sorry we have not posted in awhile, we have been very busy and the internet sucks out here. We are currently in Blanding Utah, but let us catch you all up on what we have been up to. Pictures will be posted later, probably in California where the internet is faster.

Saturday we flew home from Houston to Tulsa. We had dinner with my mommy for mothers day before leaving to Oklahoma City to start the road trip. We stayed in Oklahoma City and took a look around bricktown but decided to head on toward Amarillo.

Sunday afternoon we arrived in Amarillo and met up with our friends Angela and Colin. We ate at the Big Texan - home of the free 72 oz steak. While we were there a guy tried to eat the steak. This thing was huge! Plus you had to eat the sides as well as the entire steak to get it for free. Needless to say the guy did not get it done. Our waiter told us only 1 in 10 does.

Monday morning we took off thinking that we might be headed to Sante Fe and then heading on toward Flagstaff, AZ. We drove to Sante Fe and looked around the plaza, saw the old mission churches and the miraculous staircase, which is a staircase built in this chapel with no nails and no central support. It was pretty cool. After having a great time in Sante Fe we decided to take a little detour and head north towards Taos, NM. Taos is a small ski town with a historic downtown. It is one of the oldest city centers in North America. We ate dinner outside at this nice little Italian restaurant, just when we were about to leave it started to sprinkle, so we had to walk back in the rain. We stayed the night in Taos at the historic Stagebrush Inn. It was an old wood timber inn and it had a great free breakfast in the morning, too bad the service sucked.

We changed our route and decided to see the northern rim of the Grand Canyon instead of the southern rim that most people see off I-40. This route adds on a day but lets us head up through the mountains and past a lot of national parks and forests. So, Tuesday we left Taos and headed north towards Pagosa Springs and Durango. On the way we started climbing through the mountains and eventually crossed the continental divide. In the mountains there was actually snow. We got out and took some pictures and threw some snow balls. We had to stop several times to take in the views and take some pictures. We stopped in Durango for a late lunch and ate at this cool little pizza restaurant. We continued to drive into Utah and finally stayed the night in Blanding, Utah.