The Four Corners
This will be a short post.
Yesterday we drove through miles and miles of desolate high desert to the four corners. This is where the corner of Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico meet. There is a monument that was put at the location of these four state meeting. This is not a national monument or park, but is operated by the Native American Indian tribes. There are also Native American Indian vendors, lots of them, selling their handmade wares.
It didn't take long to see where the four corners meet, take pictures, visit the booths then leave. We then went toward Cortez to the Ute Casino. We had their lunch buffet and of course played a little. The buffet was so-so. I'm ready to get back south where people know how to cook! And as for the slot machines, I believe theirs were the tightest I've played. Yes, I know, I've said that before, but it seems that with each Indian owned casino we visit, the slots get tighter.
After loosing a little, we drove back to Farmington and arrived home in time to watch the debate between Gov. Palin and Senator Biden. I'm not going to get political - there's enough of that on TV, but I thought that the person getting my vote did very well.
That was our day, nothing really special but I did post a few pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/SchultzTravelPhotos
I'm not sure that I'll be doing any more posting from here. The weather is supposed to get wet this weekend and Monday & Tuesday we will be getting ready to leave on Wednesday for the Albuquerque Balloon Festival. We will not have internet there so it will be after the festival that I'll probably post next.
We are really looking forward to the balloon festival. We've had several friends that have been and have told us what fun it is and what to expect. On top of the fun, both Dean and I will be celebrating our birthdays during our stay at the festival. We had talked about doing a balloon ride to celebrate, but both of us decided that it isn't something that we really want to do. Since Dean's is on the 9th and mine is on the 11th, we will probably go out for dinner on the 10th to celebrate - hope we can find someplace good!
So, until sometime after October 12th, unless something happens before then, stay safe and don't forget to come on back! See ya later.......
posted by Janice and Dean @ 6:33 PM
6 Comments
6 Comments:
Have fun at the balloon fiesta. It's a great time. Have a great birthday celebration.
Thanks Ava,
Hope to see you before you head back north.
Hope you have a great trip to the Balloon Festival. A suggestion for your birthday dinner - in the downtown area of Albuquerque is a Brazilian Grill, I think it is the Ridizzio Grill or something like that. It is great! They bring all your meat on sticks to the table and you can eat all you want. All the sides etc. are on a buffet and they are really good too. We learned to go about 3:30pm because at 4:00 their dinner menu starts. But because you are there at 3:30 you get the dinner menu for the lunch price. We really enjoy this resturant and try to go whenever we are in the area.
We are finally getting some cooler weather here in Camp Verde. Have just about seen everything in this area. Still need one more day in Flagstaff and will see Sedona next week. Then on to Mesa and St. David.
Travel safe.
JanC
Have a great time at the Festival. We just loved it. Be sure to go to Santa Fe while you are in the area. Of course I can't remember the names of all the great restaurants we ate at but we didn't have a bad meal anywhere.
Happy Birthday to you both
Helen
Thanks for the Birthday wishes. Not sure how much time we will have for sighseeing away from the fiesta, we'll see.
Jan - I looked for the restaurant you mentioned - couldn't find it listed, but did find another Brazilian Grill downtown - maybe they changed names? We may go try it, they had good ratings.
Nice pics you have posted.
Richard
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