Free wifi - you get what you pay for:-)

Couldn't post last night - we had a full hookup site but no wifi.  (But even in the places that advertise free wifi, the connection is pathetic.  This post MIGHT make it!)  We were just east of Farmington, NM in a rather primitive RV park.  The guy has just started developing the area but he stands to make some money.  He's right around the corner from a horse racing track and a casino.  Wasn't elegant but at least we could run both air conditioners.

When it's too hot to go outside, what do you do?  Can you say "electronics"!

Driving long distances makes us sleepy.  At least she TRIED to read a  book!

 Ugh!  We've got to find some cooler weather.  It was only 48 when Jeff got up at 6:00 a.m. but it heats up pretty quickly.  We hit 100 degrees today.  But it's a dry heat!



Tried to get to a lake and we actually made it to Navajo Lake State Park but they don't accommodate 35ft RVs.  It's a huge lake made by damming the San Juan River.  That was a white knuckle drive on 14 mile skinny road.  Too bad we didn't know that we were too big BEFORE we drove all the way back there!!  But it was pretty - and an adventure.  When we were figuring our mileage for the day Jeff kept pointing out that we went something like 50 miles out of our way to a lake we couldn't stay at.  OOPS!  How was I supposed to know:-)  If that's the only mistake we make along the way, we'll be doing good!

Four feet in four states!

Today was great!  We made it to 4 corners.  We stood in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado all at the same time.  We had to pay $3 each to do this.  The site is in the middle of the Navajo Reservation.  It's kind of sad - the place is so commercialized.  The site is surrounded by vendor booths selling all kinds of jewelry and other items. Mya, of course, had to purchase something - a pretty necklace and bracelet. There are also some stands that advertise fry bread and slushies.  If you ignore all of that, the actual "monument" is pretty awesome!

We drove through Colorado for awhile and then cut back into Utah.  Oh my!  The sandstone arches and rock formations are amazing.  It's one thing to see it in pictures, it's another to see it in person. We are spending the night in a KOA 4 miles outside of Arches National Park.  We are going to get up early and be there at 7:30 a.m. when it opens.  We want to spend a few hours there and it will be too hot if we don't go early.  

Jeff has had a heck of a time driving.  The wind keeps picking up in the afternoon and today it was pretty bad.  We like it when it's behind us - we get better gas mileage!  But today it was at our left side and blowing us all over the road.  Jeff said he could see white caps on the highway!  We are taking the scenic routes most of the way and so there isn't a lot of room for error.  I'm not sure how he does it - I'm exhausted by the time we get where we're going and I'm not even driving!!  I feel like my Nana who used to pat her leg when she got nervous riding down the road.  I actually started doing that today (as a joke!) but it is nerve wracking.

We got to our campsite today and decided to go for a swim in the pool to cool off.  The wind was blowing the red sand around and we had it in our mouths by the time we got to the pool.  Wind gusts up to 28 mph so far.  Hopefully it doesn't get any worse tonight.

We had pizza for dinner tonight!  They deliver out to this KOA!!!  You just have to tell them what site you are in.

Well, that's it for today.  I had to walk up to the pool/store so I could post this.  I feel like Robin Williams in the movie RV - looking for more than 2 bars:-)  I thought about going up on the roof of the RV but the wind is blowing too hard!  'Night all.