I-40 east is long and dry for the first several hundred miles. Nearing Flagstaff, AZ brings cooler temps and greener landscapes. Ah......relax a couple of days with no demands on our time. Time share condos are a nice way to go...........
Hiway 89 north from Flagstaff and on to other hiways east and north into Colorado brings beautiful mountain vistas and a suprising range of agriculture that we hadn't thought about being there. The 4 corners monument was sort of anti-climactic, but I'm glad we stopped there.
We spent a little more time than we had planned at the Verde Canyon Monument where we viewed a nice sampling of native american cliff dwellings. The feelings are indescribable as I ponder the antiquity and past activity of that era.
Time spent at Verde Canyon put us into our accomodations at Pagosa Springs, CO in the dark. A non-scale map of the resort is not much help when you cannot see the landmarks. With help of a mini-mag light and a little luck we found our place and fell exhausted into bed. Morning light revealed a beautiful little lake and a flock of Canadian geese on the lawn just off our private deck. We decided the colorful hot air balloon flyover was scheduled just for our enjoyment. Next on the itinerary: Enjoy somemore "kickback" time. It took us a couple of days to discover uptown and downtown are a couple of miles and several hundred feet in elevation apart. We finally found, from a viewpoint across the river, the "springs" are nearly obscured by several commercial spas.


The drive north to Denver filled a day with more beautiful Colorado scenery.






My witching hour comes early this evening.
More to come....................