I ran this by a couple of friends I pm and they said it would be fine if I did a travel log!
Saturday we only left home half an hour late. I spent as much of the first day as possible sleeping. Between times that my husband found some bit of trivia that I just had to see or know. We had the novel experience of rain in the driest part of the desert as we crossed the Mojave!
We've driven along sections of historic Route 66 in Arizona and New Mexico. It might seem weird but living in a suburb of LA we always do it backwards! It is sad to see how many of the stores in the towns along 66 have vacancies because everyone zooms by on Interstate Highway 40. We stopped at a couple of places on I-40 that used to be tourist traps with cute themes but are now just sad buildings that are falling apart. One of them, Two Arrows, one of the arrows has lost its "feathers."
One of the parts of Route 66 goes through some mountains. For a mountain road it is fine. For a major cross country highway and for people who are not used to mountain roads, it must have been a real chore. It also goes through a "ghost" town that has wall to wall t-shirt, jewlery and souvenir stores.
We went looking for some Zuni Indian ruins today. A young man selling rock sculptures even gave my husband directions. We now have a stone carving of a bear to give to our next door neighbor as part of the thank you gift we always give him for taking care of our animals. The Zuni Indian Reservation was nice country to wander around in, desert shrubs and bunch grass with red and white limestone cliffs in the background. No Worries, when we look for ghost towns and ruins, we only find 30-50%. It is also just a nice excuse to get out into the back country.
This may sound dork weird but whenever my husband and I are on Indian Reservations, we treat the area and the people like we are visitors to a foreign country. Yeah their country is within mine but it is still territory that is set aside for them! The Navajos don't have a reservation, they are the Navajo Nation.
I'm starting to be agoraphobic. One of the nice things about a road trip is that we have our own shell to hide in. I know what our SUV sounds like and looks like and smells like. It smells like coke classic, diet pepsi, french fries and fast food apple pie. But I'm almost at the point where I don't want to be anywhere but in the car or in the motel room. And usually I am one of those people who can have a friendly little conversation with anyone!
If y'all can stand it, I'll do more tomorrow or when we're at a place with internet access.
Last edited by blondiebear : 08-06-2008 at 01:51 AM.
Reason: revise title again again
My husband is my best friend.
In forgiving others, we are not exonerating them. They may not deserve exoneration. Rather, in forgiving others we are giving up our anger over the fact that what happened is not what "should" have happened or that our life is not the way it "should" have been.
I'm doing my best. Slept in this morning and am still stoopid. My husband asked why, snapped at me and I explained months of sleep deprivation. He just doesn't understand and I'm out of ways to explain it to him. Please pass me an extra diet pepsi or three? I need some more caffeine chewing gum!
My husband is my best friend.
In forgiving others, we are not exonerating them. They may not deserve exoneration. Rather, in forgiving others we are giving up our anger over the fact that what happened is not what "should" have happened or that our life is not the way it "should" have been.
Susan you are not stupid, what gave you that idea.
Everyone needs sleep. It makes it worse if you have been deprived off sleep. Maybe you could sit down with your husband, and try and tell him how you feel, and why you need some extra sleep. Anyway, why should you have to be up at god knows what time, and your husband can get up when he pleases. He needs to get his priorities right.
Try not to let him get you down, i know that is harder said than done.
*hands you a can of diet pepsi, and drinks together*
Good luck. You are in my thoughts.
Got heat sick yesterday but it was worth it. I can get heat sick when it is only 80F. I think it was because we didn't have enough water. This morning when we fuel the SUV I'll go into the convenience store and get a couple of bottles. I have an off and on tooth ache. My husband was good enough to look at the tooth and can't see any sign of a cavity.
We saw some great Indian ruins at a National Park called Chaco Canyon. We got to see how part of the dig went and how they support the centuries old walls as they uncover them. There are circular Kivas which are their version of churches. What was most amazing were the stair cases cut into the cliffs of the canyon. The lower parts have weathered away but the upper parts, 30 feet wide and incredibly steep. I don't mind heights or stairs, never have. If I'd had to walk there though, yipes.
We also met a nice couple who live in one of the biggest cities here in New Mexico. They told us lots of interesting ruins to visit! Ruins on the west side of the mountains, then my husband tells me that the ghost towns are on the east side of them.
The countryside around the canyon was more gentle than in other places we'd been.
I found some caffeine gum yesterday. It is made by the same people that make Jolt cola which advertises itself as all of the sugar and twice the caffeine. I got four packs of the gum and then tucked them into the food box. I still have part of a pack in my purse.
Today won't be a hard day I think and Wednesday will be a serious sleep in day cause my husband has to be on line between 9 and 10 in the morning to sign up for the payroll of the company that bought out the company he was working for. My husband says we'll spend two nights in Santa Fe and then the day between them he wants to go to museums and galleries.
I'm going back to bed for a bit and sip my second diet pepsi.
My husband is my best friend.
In forgiving others, we are not exonerating them. They may not deserve exoneration. Rather, in forgiving others we are giving up our anger over the fact that what happened is not what "should" have happened or that our life is not the way it "should" have been.
Sounds like your holiday is relaxing at the moment. It sounds like you enjoyed the ruins.
Hope you have a good day, but with a toothache that probably makes it worse because its a pain you cannot cope with. That what it is like for me.
Glad you are going to have a easy day today and a nice lie in on wednesday.
Sounds good!
grrr
I've never before in my life had a toothache. The pain is so hard to ignore!
Had a nice lazy day today, just drove the long and scenic way to Santa Fe. There was an interesting mix of mountains and mesas. Mesa being Spanish for table land. There was one beautiful ampitheatre though!
My husband is currently reading the phone book to find some place to go get dinner so he can bring it back. I just want to curl up here for a while.
My husband is my best friend.
In forgiving others, we are not exonerating them. They may not deserve exoneration. Rather, in forgiving others we are giving up our anger over the fact that what happened is not what "should" have happened or that our life is not the way it "should" have been.
*cuddles*
sounds like you are having a good time apart from the toothache which sucks :( As bad as it seems maybe fizzy pop isnt the way to go with tooth ache ;) I'm enjoying reading about your travels hun. Keep us updated. xx
WOW. You trip does sound good. Can i fly out and join you? I really want to go travelling. I have my vague plans. Keep us updated. Its interesting to read.
This morning I took something to help my sinuses with a bad allergy attack and my tooth has not been a problem. Since it is an upper tooth that makes sense. And I will see a dentist if this continues.
Santa Fe, New Mexico today. My husband wanted to walk around downtown, look at some museums or galleries. He can move very quickly, like the hare in the tortoise and the hare. Only I'm a total tortoise. Today a tortoise with asthma. So I asked my husband for help and he was patient with me. We had a nice time walking around. The city wasn't too crowded or too noisy.
I only found one thing I really wanted, that was a beaded headband. So now I have a beaded head band as a souvenir. Oh, wait, my husband found a good book about ghost towns from an author we like very well. Even though the book is 25+ years old, I've already enjoyed looking at it.
We saw an art museum. Since art is subjective, I can say that I liked some things and that others didn't do anything for me.
It has been a windy beautiful day, with thunderheads over the mountains but no rain. I've enjoyed being here more than I thought I would. I just asked my husband and he said that tomorrow we will go to one ghost town that is in a state park, then look for some that my husband called "wild" not in a park, just alone with the elements working on them.
I went though my romance novels before we left and brought along some that I wanted to read one last time, then leave behind. So when someone decides to open a drawer here in this room because they are bored, they will find a nice mild little romance novel.
My husband is my best friend.
In forgiving others, we are not exonerating them. They may not deserve exoneration. Rather, in forgiving others we are giving up our anger over the fact that what happened is not what "should" have happened or that our life is not the way it "should" have been.
Yay for your tooth not being a problem now! *does cheery jump* sounds like you had fun today! I'm glad!!!! Romance novels are awesome by the way! Keep writing, i'm enjoying reading about what you're up to!
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
Greetings from Las Vegas New Mexico. Not the famous one in Nevada. Las Vegas is Spanish for the meadows. Elevation 6400 feet, the air is so thick compared to where we were yesterday. Santa Fe New Mexico is at 6900 feet.
We saw the ruins of an Indian Pueblo that also had a Spanish Church on the same site. Common practice that the Spanish would go into an area and try to convert all of the heathens, teaching how to do thing the European way.
The three "wild" ghost towns we stopped at were only what is called semi-ghost. Some abandoned or dilapidated buildings but in a town that is still active.
Then we went to Fort Union which was built to help the safety of the Santa Fe trail. Many of the buildings are 3/4 melted away. They were made of adobe bricks, which are basically sand, straw and mud mixed together then plopped into rectangular forms to be dried and then used to build. So you can see why a building made of mud would melt away over time. We are in the high desert here, the only trees are at high elevations or along streams. Fort Union was also a major supply center for other forts in New Mexico. Stuff would be delivered via mule trains on the Santa Fe trail, then go out to the smaller forts.
Even though the weather was mild, I wore jeans and a long sleeve T-shirt. Protection from the sun, rocks and thorny plants that are part of the desert. I have not encountered a rattlesnake in decades, but if I did I'd just give it room to get away. Of course Murphy's law says that I will encounter one soon, sigh.
Hope y'all don't mind my science and history lectures? I am such a science and history nerd, and oh yeah a teacher too!
My husband is my best friend.
In forgiving others, we are not exonerating them. They may not deserve exoneration. Rather, in forgiving others we are giving up our anger over the fact that what happened is not what "should" have happened or that our life is not the way it "should" have been.
Your trip really sounds good, and you sounds to be enjoying it too. Are rattlesnakes poisenous then? Apart from grass adders, we dont have snakes over here (at least not that i know of, and dont correct me if im wrong)
Ghost towns sound interesting, are there any near New York? I cant really think of anything to say, just keep updated us please.
I'm not sure if there are ghost towns in New York. You can go to www.ghosttowns.com to look. Just turn down the volume on your speakers first!
Rattlesnakes are poisonous. They eat rodents and are actually kind of helpful around crop lands. They are very thick bodied for a snake. They really don't want to waste venom to defend themselves. I should think that a snake sees a person as a great big stomping creature. I just believe in leaving them room to get out of the way. When we are outdoors another thing to do is to not put hands or feet anyplace we can't see.
btw, Americans of European descent have been hunting and killing rattlesnakes. So rattlesnakes are evolving to have fewer rattles if any!
We're having a lazy morning. We need to stop in town for some coke classic for my husband and to buy a new comb so we can find the one I misplaced this morning. Philip has already made reservations for tonight at a place that says it has a coin laundry. Packing is a compromise between the amount of clothing and times doing laundry.
My husband is my best friend.
In forgiving others, we are not exonerating them. They may not deserve exoneration. Rather, in forgiving others we are giving up our anger over the fact that what happened is not what "should" have happened or that our life is not the way it "should" have been.
On our way in a bit. My husband just left an extra tip for the motel maid because of the pop tart crumbs that are ground into the carpet. We need to go get groceries yet again, I'm out of pop tarts.
I'm sitting here with my hair wet on my shoulders. It is supposed to be in the mid 90's mid 30's today. I don't like starting a hot day by aiming hot air at my head.
We spent the night in Rio Rancho, a suburb of Albuquerque. We are on the upper reaches of the Rio Grande, the same one featured in John Wayne Movies.
Yesterday we saw the ruins of three old Spanish missions from the 1600's. One of stone, two of adobe. The Fransiscan priests would start missions and civilize the heathen indians, and the missions usually became self supporting and even profitable.
The churches were awesome. Since they had been the tallest buildings in the missions they also had the highest walls. One of the churches had walls about 5.5 feet thick. The buildings around the church were like a maze. Those walls were only three feet thick. The thickness of the walls was only an estimate though, I know how long my reach from fingertip to fingertip is as well as how to estimate yards.
At the first mission ruin, there were swallows flying around just above the walls. I enjoy watching them flit around going after the insects they eat.
My husband just reminded me of the time. So I'd better shut down!
My husband is my best friend.
In forgiving others, we are not exonerating them. They may not deserve exoneration. Rather, in forgiving others we are giving up our anger over the fact that what happened is not what "should" have happened or that our life is not the way it "should" have been.
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Santa Fe New Mexico is at 6900 feet.
We need to go get groceries yet again, I'm out of pop tarts.