A busy day. I got out of Kingman about 700 and headed down I-40. Stopped at 830 for a McDonald's egg "McMuffin" which the spell checker is having trouble with. Normally not a breakfast guy, but they (yes, I had two) tasted better than I remembered.
I grabbed 10 lbs of ice for the reasonable cost of 2.50 and headed for the crater at Winslow. It was worth the stop. It's been in private hands for a long time. Prior to that the Indians knew about it, but didn't care. It was hunting grounds to them.
The access to the crater is $16 for seniors and worth the cost. They had a movie and some exhibits and a rock and souvenir shop. A guided tour is included and that gets you out a bit to the side of the main viewing areas. Pleasant, impressive and the light sucked for photography.
Most of the state is sitting under a high pressure system and it's hot without clouds. Last night there was a mild breeze, but that disappeared when I wanted it for sleeping.
About 1 am, I looked for a sheet and about 3 I dropped the sleeping bag over me. About 6 I was sweating as the sun lit up the tent. I tore down, watered up and headed out.
On the way to Holbrook, I dropped South and took in the Petrified Forest. It, too, was interesting. Imagine a place strewn with big old tree trunks, a few soft white rocks (the trees are reddish) and not much else. The trees are everywhere. There was a ranch outside of the park with fields full of them. Most of the rocks are split into log segments about 3 feet long. Trunk diameters can be quite large, perhaps 4 or 5 feet at bottoms of the bigger ones.
There are also some badlands looking areas of the park too. I've taken some Panos, but will not process them until I get back.
There is a nice loop from the south back to the freeway and back to Holbrook. So it was easy to do.
As a bonus, I've picked up my senior pass that gets me into all the National Parks until they change the law or I die. Cost of $10, plus all taxes paid over the years that went to parks.
A minor change in plans. I've decided not to spend two nights in Holbrook, but will do Canyon De Chelly on the way to Albuquerque. Otherwise it would have been more backtracking than the distance to just keep going.
Holbrook also seems to have tiny biting bugs too. So I may regret this travel plan. So far bugs have been a non event, but I've got netting and stuff. (Sorry for some of the funny spellings, but SwiftKey likes to change what I type and it doesn't have all of my vocabulary.
I had a nice ham and Swiss Sammie for lunch and will have the same for dinner.
It's hot and I'm drinking a lot of water. That leaves be unenthusiastic about cooking anything. Besides with oat nut bread, every Sammie is a treat!.
Rich
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