We left Albuquerque about 9:00 and stopped for gas. Got on the road west at about 10:00. We should pass into Arizona in about an hour. It’s a little past 11:00. We’re now 130 miles from the Petrified Forest National Park which will be our next stop.

The scenery has been fantastic. Flat topped mountains all around us. Road is new and really smooth. Traffic light to moderate. Temperature about 65 degrees.

I’ll have to post some “scenic” photos as soon as I get a chance to take them out of my camera. Right now I don’t want to divert my attention from the beautiful scenery.

I’ll write more later.

LATER:

The Petrified Forest was really interesting. We stayed several hours and found it really mesmerizing. I took a gazillion photos. Here’s one: