ROAD TRIP! Days 5-7
Days 5-7: Denver, CO to Tuba City, AZ
Not only did it give us a little break from driving, we got to see each other! Also, my brother-in-law is a great chef and he made us dinner on Saturday night. Pork belly and shrimp with pasta. The sauce for the pasta was a delicious white sauce with some sort of mushroom I’ve never had. The sauce involved a lot of pressure cooked garlic. The nice thing was that it didn’t have the bite of garlic…just the better flavor part. Here is what he said when we finished “I figured it out and we had 1.25 heads of garlic per person.” Not cloves…heads.
Today we had to get back on the road and started off early.
Stop 1: Mesa Verde, CO
My sister suggested this place because of the cliff dwellings that were there. We wanted to leave early to get there in time for the walking tour. After heading through mountain passes and some snow…and some rain…and some more snow, we got to Mesa Verde around 4:15. We asked if they were still doing walking tours. Not only did he say we wouldn’t make it in time, but that they were recommending snow tires or chains to get there. Oh well. We turned around and got back on the road.
Stop 2: Four Corners Monument
Along our trek was a monument that was right on the four corners where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona touch. Do you know how amazing it was? Well, then maybe you can let us know. It was under construction and somewhere behind a fence so we never even saw it. Back to the road!
Stop 3: Tuba City, AZ
We stopped in a town Kayenta after 10 hours of travel to find a hotel. There were two, and the were both three times what we had been paying. We decided to drive to the next town, Tonalea, 40 miles further along. THAT city was mostly reservation. 30 miles past that was Tuba City, and a hotel half the price of the others.
So far we’ve driven just over 2200 miles and that puts us JUST over half way there.