Blogs from New Mexico, United States, North America - page 115

We were kind of happy and well rested and relaxed once we disembarked at LA, we had the very delightful surprise of being upgraded to First Class from Tahiti, the front row too - so the 10 hour flight flew by! Don’t ask how or why - it’s a long story! No matter how many road movies and Westerns we have seen, nothing could have prepared us for this amazing corner of South West USA, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado - huge open vistas of vermillion red buttes, mesas and canyons and never ending desert arid flatlands. We wanted to spend most of our time in New Mexico so had to high tail it through Arizona via Tucson in a couple of days enduring over the top temperatures of 116oF, in Tucson it was 85oF ... read more

Mom and I loaded up the car (well...I loaded up the car) and we headed south to Santa Fe. The scenery was lovely. Lots of rolling hills and blue skies. We hit a more desert-like area and some some really cool buttes. What mental age does it make me if I find the word butte kind of humerous? Anyway, the best part of the desert-esque drive was the New Mexico signage. Man, can they do it right! There was one of those traffic signs that you see warning you about a pile-up or an upcoming detour. In New Mexico, though, it was informing us of today's wildfire danger level. Here's what is said. view 1: EXTREME WILDFIRE DANGER view 2: Every Where Well, alright. On the same line, up in the Midwest, Smokey the Bear warns ... read more

Again arriving before the monument opened, I was somewhat disappointed as I had gotten up early so I could get some pictures of the sunrise out in the White Sands. Oh well. I had to settle for some pictures by the side of the road. After entering White Sands I head straight for the only hiking trail of any real distance in the park, the Alkali Flat Trail. Eventually the road turns to compacted sand, which I find out later is maintained by heavy equipment during the day as the sand is ever moving and trying to cover the road. I was the first to arrive at the trail so I had it all to myself. The trail is a little over a four mile loop and instead of being guided by signs or rock markings, ... read more

Basically....I have what is called blog lag. Or I'm just a lazy bitch. One of the two. So I am not planning to make this very long. I am home in 3 days, then that will be my last blog....for now. Until next time I start traveling again. I know that I haven't written to you in a while, but I'm EXAUSTED! I am so ready to be home with my peeps and eat some good food. I have realized that even though I love you all, good vegetarian food is what I miss the most. Sorry. We had some really great shows in Wisconsin. It was getting a lot warmer there, in the 60s and 70s. The scenery was fantastic. I have lots of pictures of trees, which afterwards don't look as exciting. There is ... read more

Vi er rejst østpå og sidder nu i Navajo-indianernes største handelsby Gallup. Vi vil gerne have bare lidt indtryk af det oprindelige USA, så meget som man nu kan få det af dette billboard-prægede souvenir-land. Vi er egentlig på vej mod Santa Fe, der efter sigende rummer både det spanske og indianske præg og skulle være et tiltalende sted. Efter Santa Fe sætter vi kurs vestpå igen mod Phoenix med få stop undervejs. Vi regner med at tage nogle overnatninger i Phoenix og bl.a. fejre Mathildes fødselsdag der. Igår stod i de meget sjældne natur-fænomeners tegn. Først stoppede vi ved Meteor Crater (tæt ved Winslow), som er et enormt krater fra et meteor-nedslag for 50.000 år siden. Sebastian fik lejlighed til at se ind i en Apollo-testkapsel. Man bruger åbenbart bl.a. området til at vise astronauterne, ... read more