Delayed Posting of Itinerary Items #4 - #6

Well, now that I have created a month's worth of suspense, and the trip we took in early September is a complete blur, let's see if I can finish recounting it. I'll attempt a highly efficient summary.

4. Wednesday. Drive to the spot where Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico intersect. Take photos.
5. Something something.
6. Friday - drive to Santa Fe and camp there for one night, coming home Saturday.

4 Corners Monument - where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico converge.

Best part: Standing in 4 states at once!

Worst part: There's really nothing else to do there.

Lesson learned? Use the bathroom before you arrive, if possible.

Rating? 3 outta 5 stars. If you're in the area, you really must go. But don't plan to make a day of it.

#5 - Something Something
Well, we managed to do it all folks.

Angel Peak Scenic Area

Angel Peak Scenic Area was certainly scenic. To summarize: you can camp here, for free, but there is no water source. It's a little eerie, because there is a lot of oil drilling going on in the area, and you can hear the distant whine of the machinery. We won't mention the guy all alone in the VW van that wouldn't even make eye contact with me when we walked by his campsite. Creepy! But it's beautiful, definately worth a picnic stop, and you can hike out to that middle structure on the above picture. If you're a real daredevil, you can possibly even slink your way over to the structure on the far left.

After cruising away from Angel Peak, we tackled the highly vibratory washboard drive into Chaco Canyon. This was worth making Mr. Prairie's car lose several years of life in one day.

Ruins in the Chaco Culture National Historic Park

• Best part: It's between camping right next to actual ruins, the wonderful free guided tours, and seeing petroglyphs!
• Worst part: There's no water in the campground. But you can get some from the nearby visitor center.
• Lesson learned? Bring a dust mask for the drive in, and make sure your shocks are in good shape.
• Rating? 5 outta 5 stars. We stayed one night, could have stayed 2 or 3!

Taos, which was also listed under "Something Something" was a town that we visited on our way home from Santa Fe.

#6 Santa Fe

I don't have any amazing pictures of Santa Fe, but the fact that it has a street with this name is a nice summary!

Santa Fe was brilliant. We camped at a fairly decent campground on Route 66 called Rancheros
which was about a 15 minute drive from downtown. There is a Spanish-style plaza downtown, a pretty good history museum, lots of booths for the Zozobra festival that was going on while we were there. We at a lot of food there, and it was all amazing. Of particular note were two places near to our campground: Harry's Roadhouse and Real Food Nation. Yum. I think I'll go cook dinner!