Today began at our wigwam. It was cool. So, I’m a sucker for novelties – sue me. First thing this morning we went to the petrified forest, which was pretty cool – basically it’s wood from millions of years ago that has turned to stone. Not too much to say about that other than that they had some unusual souvenirs that I picked up. Right after that we went to the painted desert. By this point, I wished that I had come up with more Arizona songs for my mix because by about the third time through I was getting a little sick of Jamie O’Neal. Oh and note to self: No matter how hard I try, I still hate Tool. The whole stupid band name=sucky music, still applies. Sorry, Ann and Chris ;) But I tried.

Anyway, after that we spent a long stretch of highway in Navajo country… which was quite an experience. Suffice to say the Navajo don’t seem to believe in fencing in their livestock. First, when I stopped for a pee break at Burger King, two stray cows were hanging out right in front. Personally I believe it was a bovine protest march – all they were missing were signs saying “eat me here.” No one else seemed particularly fazed by the cows. Then—picture driving down the highway at about 65 miles an hour when you’re forced to come to a sudden halt because a herd of sheep is crossing the road. Yup, it happened.

After that we spent a really really long stretch of road in Navajo land all the way through to the Utah border, where we visited Monument Valley and took lots of pictures. Then an even longer stretch of highway pulled us into Moab, where we are now. I’m tired and have to go to bed, so I won’t say much else other than that the road here, though long, was truly indescribably beautiful, and sadly I don’t think pictures can quite capture it.

All for tonight… more tomorrow—hopefully tomorrow I can also add pictures to the photo section – it’s way too slow on the cellular connection, but I don’t have a local access number here… sigh…