A quick detour into Monument Valley, made a Navajo tribal park in 1959. Interesting landscape, makes me want to watch some of those old cowboy movies again. Fun facts – Utah is named for the ute indian indigenous to the north central portion of the state.
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Grand Canyon, Arizona
Our first visit to the Canyon was on the old Williams rail line, which included a cowboy show before we left and an armed robbery by the same cowboys on the way back. Very touristy but something different. The Canyon is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Others are Mt Everest, Victoria …
Flagstaff, Williams and Route 66, Arizona, USA
Flagstaff Back to cold weather and expensive fruit. The night we got here it snowed, Laura was delighted. Meteor Crater We followed the old route 66 out of Flagstaff to see the Crater. Supposedly the world’s best preserved meteorite impact site on Earth. This meteor crater is the result of a …
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Frei Agua and Sedona
On the way to Flagstaff we free camped at a lovely spot called Frei Agua. Sedona Stunning landscape. There was no room at the inn so we kept going to Flagstaff.
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona USA
Back in the USA and Derek back to pumping his own gas. This place could not get anymore beautiful.
Adios Mexico
We had been warned about police road blocks around Mazatlán, but what do you do. We were stopped and told by a very young good looking cop that we were doing over the speed limit. Of course we weren’t – he had no radar. As he stood there in his very well pressed uniform, …
Last days in La Penita, Mexico
At the moment we are back in the cold rainy weather of Bryce Canyon, Utah. We are staying in the rv park so I am taking advantage of the power and wifi to post some photos. Back to La Penita, Mexico. I could watch these Mexican brown pelicans fishing all day. It appears I have …
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Puerto Vallarta While staying in La Penita we were so close to Puerto Vallarta that I couldn’t leave without seeing it. I watched the “Love boat” dock there so many times as a kid, unfortunately Acapulco apparently has too much cartel activity to make it save so we never got to see the …
Island Janitzio on Lake Patzcuaro
Island Janitzio on Lake Patzcuaro We caught the 50cent combi bus over to the lake, hopped on a ferry, past the fishermen and onto the island. All very easy and cheap. Island Janitzio is a bit like Mexicos version of Frances Mont Saint Michel. You walk up a narrow lane filled with shops and …
Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico
It is definitely a magic town. Lovely place to stop, high altitude so nice and cool, 50c combi buses to take you into the centro. Huge markets, where we stopped to have lunch, the chicken soup was lovely as you would expect, but the red soup tasted like cow poo smells, yuck! I asked …