The Journey 2008: Day 16

Day 16 begins wandering the streets of Santa Fe, NM.

We found the oldest church structure in the USA.

It was an interesting building to explore, and the thick adobe walls kept it nice and cool in the summer.

We also found a R2-D2 mailbox. Not sure if this goes with the whole decor of Santa Fe, but I guess its about time for Santa Fe with all of its older adobe buildings to step up their technology a little bit.

Next onto Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, NM.

It was interesting to wander around this open area directly next to housing tracts and see petroglyphs all over the rocks.

We headed out of Albuquerque along Route 66.

Along the way it was time for happy hour at Sonic, so of course we had to find one and grab some drinks.

While cruising Route 66 we crossed back over the Continental Divide, and I guess Morgan and Amy decided they wanted to ride their way across like people did back in the days of the wagon trains.

Back into Arizona, the last state before we are back in Cali.

We drove through the painted desert which was full of beautiful colors.

The picture does not do it justice.

We also went to Petrified Forest National Park as we cruised through Arizona.

It was crazy to see all the pieces of petrified wood.

It looked a lot like wood, but was completely stone.

The landscape as we drove around the Petrified Forest National Park was beautiful.

Here are a couple of pieces of petrified wood all polished up.

It is crazy that these beautiful polished stones were trees at one time.

Heading across Arizona into the sunset.

Still cruising after dark, and making our way to the Grand Canyon for the night.

Tomorrow we wake up at the Grand Canyon, and make our way back into California and home.