Flagstaff AZ

Alright, today was by the far the most adventurous day. Other than spending 13 hours of it on the road, we did a hell of a lot.

I said Texas was my favorite state to drive through, but New Mexico quickly became my new favorite, immediately followed by Arizona taking the thrown (call me indecisive, but I've never been to these states before, so sue me if I can't make up my mind) - AZ is by far the best state to drive through in my mind...thus far.

Originally we were going to drive to and stop at Albuquerque, but after arriving and finding that it was a sprawling city, with the highway running right through the middle of it, we gave up on that idea and quickly continued on our way into the desert. We stopped at a small indian reservation where my mom bought a hand-fired pot with horse hair laid into it. Very beautiful and extremely colorful. We also had some traditional fried bread - think indian funnel cake and you have it - which was delicious.

Next we came into Arizona and stopped at a bunch of little indian stores on the side of the highway. Their craftsmanship is beautiful. The wool blankets are super colorful, the pottery delicate, and the turquoise jewelry beautiful. Unfortunately, none of them seemed happy and I can understand why. They really were shafted by the US government with their land and how they are treated. It's sad to think about it and I wish there was something we could do for them - everyone was so friendly and open to our visit. They are so much more deserving than what they are given.

We then stopped at the Petrified Forest National Park which was incredible. The landscape was like nothing I had ever seen before. At moment it felt like we were on Mars or the Moon. The trees themselves were unique in that they had turned into mineral deposits and literally turned to stone, yielding many different, radiant colors. They almost seemed fake.

Next we tried to stop at the national landmark for the meteor that landed in AZ, but we missed it by 4 minutes - such horse shit. Follow this link to see what we missed - yea, that line is the road
http://www.geologie.uni-freiburg.de/root/people/ulmer/ries/arizona.gif

We arrived in flagstaff and found a super kickass mexican restaurant and had some wonderful food. I had a "Colorado" burrito while mom had Pollo Carnitas. We shared fried ice cream afterwards.

Grand canyon is tomorrow - then we are driving to who know's where.

David was trying to be a showoff and fell in - we picked thorns out of his ass for hours

I'm not playing the numbers game anymore except for the grand totals.

Car Time: 51hrs32mins   Mileage: 3,224   Coffees: 7   Rest Stops: 10   Driver's Flipped Off: 3