The Past 4 days on the road

Well alot has happened since I was in Houston. Once we left OKC we headed to Amarillo to see a very dear friend of mine : ) Angela and Collin showed us around town. We at at The Big Texan were Michael decided to eat a jalapeno pepper, not a small bite a very big chunk. Needless to say later that night he really regretted eating it !!! It was quite funny though. Ang, Collin and I were very very shocked !!!

After Amarillo we headed to Santa Fe, we saw the Miraculous Staircase and was practically screwed on the parking garage price : ) The days seem to run together it is hard to keep start what we have done. After Santa Fe we headed to Taos were we ate at a nice Cafe and stayed the night there. After a great nights sleep we headed to Durango which was beautiful !! We ate lunch there and walked the town. We landed in Blanding, Utah after Durango not much in this town. But before we came into town we went through beautiful mountains that still had snow on them !!!! So we had to get out and play in it of course !!!! The temperature dropped from 70ish to 41 degrees !!! While we were on the the mountain we were hailed on, I think that is the first time i was in a hail storm.

Today Wednesday May 16th we have seen sooooooo much. We left Blanding about 10:30 and headed I think west where we stopped to see Indian dwellings in the rocks ! Very cool!! We also meet a very lovely couple from Washington, we ran into them many times throughout the rest of the afternoon. At the dwellings we were able to walk around around the rock mountain. You cannot imagine how awesome this was ! We spent about two hours there and then head on. We then stopped at Natural Bridges National Monument. This is where we realized that we would not be reaching the Grand Canyon by night fall. Yes, we are still on the route to see the Northern Rim of the Grand Canyon. I think we spent another 2 maybe 3 hours at this National Park, Clovie gave us some good ideas to stop at on our trip. At this Park we saw more dwellings in the Mountain we could not get as close to these but the view was awesome!! The bridges that were created in the rock Mountain were astonishing ! We took way to many pictures. We then headed on to Ticaboo which had a population of 10! It consisted of three gas stations and a bunch of boats. From there we got on a road that would do Uncle Ray proud ! We took Scenic Byway 276, and 12. All I can say is WOW !! There were a few times when on each side of the Jeep was canyons. We went from paved to gravel and back to gravel so many times. I am so glad that I am alive. We went up some steep mountains and saw many different landscapes. But it was probably the most beautiful landscape that I have every seen !!!!!!!!! No words can describe the awesomeness of the mountains and canyons that we saw. And finally as it became dark we made it to Escalante, Utah to stay the night. Until next time : )