Wed, January 18, 2006
onebee Road Show Update—7:22 AM
I realized I forgot to mention that Monday's Grand Canyon visit wasn't the whole deal. We got in kind of late, so we only spent a few hours there before bedding down for the night, and returned on Tuesday. We had a great time visiting a number of overlooks and exploring the canyon, then did a short hike down towards the base of the canyon before heading out of town.
We stopped next at the Meteor Crater site outside of Winslow, Arizona, but balked at the $30 it would cost for both of us to enter. Then, entering moments before closing time, we made a mad dash through the Petrified Forest before catching a beautiful sunset on I-40 as we screamed towards Gallup, NM. (Safely, of course.)
By some random chance, we ended up with the "Sleepy Bear's Den" room at the Travelodge in Gallup (referring to the Travelodge corporate mascot). The room was all decked out with Sleepy Bear memorabilia for the little ones, and we made the most of it.
Update: The photo upload is choking Travelodge's WiFi network, so we'll have to wait with Tuesday's photos. Hopefully we can find a Starbuck's in Albuquerque. Stay tuned!
Update 2: The WiFi at the Holiday Inn in Tucumcari is much better – so pics from Tuesday are now up!
"AC" — Wed, 1/18/06 11:58am
The Meteor Crater isn't worth it. You made the right choice. It looks cooler from a plane anyway.
Glad you're taking the I-40 route!! I can't wait to see Amarillo and OKC pics!
Anonymous Coward — Thu, 1/19/06 7:11am
I'm with AC, I'm kinda favoring the I-40 route, especially cause it skips Dallas which looks awful. I guess the problem is where to drop down, but 231 out of Montgomery might work... just a thought.
Bee Boy — Thu, 1/19/06 8:34am
According to the map, Amarillo is in, OKC is out, Dallas is in. We'll see how the day goes.