Day Log 07.08.05 Friday

This is from Holbrook, AZ. We got out this morning as I though we would
except earlier than expected. Some of the camp members got up at 4 AM
to get on the road before sunrise. I was up at 5:10 and just stayed up.
Even as quiet as I could be it was 6:10 when Mary cracked an eye and
wanted to know why my side of the tent was packed and ready for the
car. After hitting the shower Mary was ready for a snack at the dinning
hall. The dinning hall staff were off and the replacement staff put out
paper bowls, sweet rolls, cereal, fruit, milk and juice. It was good
and we then finished the packing and were on the road by 8 AM. We took
the road (64) up to Taos through the mountains, then into Santa Fe via
(68), connecting to I-25 down to Albuquerque. All the long the way we
would look at the area to see if we could live in the area. Albuquerque
has some potential but we would need to come back and look around to
the North and East of the city, not the South or West. We checked both
Grants and Gallup off of the list because of heat, sand, rock, and lack
of other human comforts. We have poked around here in Holbrook and will
in the morning drop down on Rt-77 to Snowflake, then over 277 to the
west and back up Rt-99 to Winslow where we will catch I-40 over to
Flagstaff then up Rt-89 toward the North Rim of Grand Canyon then on
over to St. George by evening. That is what we hope to do tomorrow.
Today was great traveling except for the time two hours passed without
a water break. Then having to wait to eat in San Fidel at the Indian
Casino buffet caused us to snap at each other once about waiting too
long. So tonight we ate early here in Holbrook in a local joint that
had the best food so far this trip. Ok off line for the night and
maybe tomorrow on Sunday I will get on line at J’s and send off the
last weeks logs.
It is now 9:25 PM MDT