Wally World

Well….this morning we felt like the Griswold Family at Wally World! :(

We heading over to Mesa Verde and to our disappointment we were told it is impossible to do the park in 3-4 hours.  Most people need at least 5 hours.  We thought we had this so well planned. We only had a ¼ tank of gas and it takes over an hour just to get to the interesting parts of the park.  We left Gwenny at the hotel and told them we would be back by 12 to check out.  The very nice park ranger tried very hard to suppress his laugh when we moaned and said we had to get back for the dog.  It was a lose/lose situation.  Gwenny was mad at us the rest of the day because we left her at the hotel.

We regrouped and changed our plans. 

First we stopped by at the four corners…Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.  Believe it or not it is very exciting standing at this spot. 

We then headed towards Monument Valley.  This is the area that you might have seen in all the old John Wayne movies.  It was bigger than life.  At one point we tried to go “off road” to get a closer look.  Really…you can see these natural monuments miles away and we need a closer look!  We survived. 

Around every corner, the terrain seemed to change.  We ended up in the Lake Powell region of Arizona.  We didn’t have a chance to investigate today, but we will take in the sights as we leave tomorrow as we head off to Las Vegas.