http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Gallup/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , New Mexico , Gallup en-us Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:00:43 BST Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:00:43 BST On the way to Gallup we'd seen signs for the Zuni Pueblo outside of town. Our handy AAA guidebook even if your car never needs towing a membership in AAA is worth it just for these handy guides said that this was a very worthwhile sight so we set out early in the morning to see if even though it wasn't in our plans. I was very interested in seeing an active pueblo and was pretty excited. W http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Gallup/blog-302069.html On our way home we took a short side trip tp Acoma Pueblo Sky City as it's also called or Ak'u in the Keresan Language of the people who have made their home there for over 1000 years. Acoma sits upon a 350 foot rock mesa with sheer sides. It is the oldest continually inhabited town in North America. It's people migrated from the north in the distant past and called it Haak'u or Ak'u the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Gallup/blog-294129.html Fecal Engineer. That's my new job title. I say it without resentment more with a laugh as I plan in the next week to begin entering some of the wolves' enclosures to collect their excretions and furthermore be able to analyze how their diet is treating them. Other chores including wolves will be morning rounds fecal finds water hauling health check and to even socialize with the wolves. To http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Gallup/blog-281423.html Sunday the 11th the group arose bound and determined to make more than 200 miles and were airborne at a recordearly 9 am local from Santa Fe. This time the headwind finally abated and the turbulence was fairly mild. We made better time under less demanding conditions than probably any time since departing GAI and certainly much better than the previous two days. We overflew the high desert in http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Gallup/blog-275139.html No quise dejar Roswell sin conocer qu se coca un sbado por la noche en la tierra de los marcianitos y despus de investigar un rato encontr ldquoThe Alleyrdquo o sea el nico tugurio del pueblo. Era medianoche y la cola para entrar llegaba hasta el aparcamiento. El motivo los controles de seguridad para comprobar que nadie llevaba armas. El tipo de la puerta comprobaba tambin que no http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Gallup/blog-194280.html I left the North Rim of the Grand Canyon with the intention of putting down some miles eastwardly. At this point I had had enough of the southwest and needed to see some trees again. Plus the heat was getting old. So after our little hike we got in the car and got going. Because of my little diversion to the North Rim I was off of my highlighted route provided to me by AAA. So I decided to be http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Gallup/blog-176446.html Yesterday was a long travel day but a very picturesque one along the way so it wasn't too boring. We ended up in Gallup New Mexico which is known as a center of Native American Art and Culture my siblings would be warning me of kidnapping here. It is in the Navajo Reservation and Zuni lands. The area is also home to the red canyons and desert lands. Very beautiful. We passed through Albuquer http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Gallup/blog-147921.html Longest day of driving so far long long stretches of straight highway and plains lots of cattle some horses ranches wind farms and deserted buildings. Just east of Albuquerque we began to see signs of snow and as the altitude changed along came the drifts of snow and lower temperatures. But there was not a cloud in the sky and it was relatively clear sailing to Gallup. The most colorful par http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Gallup/blog-117098.html Vi er rejst stp og sidder nu i Navajoindianernes strste handelsby Gallup. Vi vil gerne have bare lidt indtryk af det oprindelige USA s meget som man nu kan f det af dette billboardprgede souvenirland.Vi er egentlig p vej mod Santa Fe der efter sigende rummer bde det spanske og indianske prg og skulle vre et tiltalende sted. Efter Santa Fe stter vi kurs vestp igen mod Phoenix med f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Gallup/blog-52749.html