We crossed a line today.

Today we traveled from Albuquerque, NM to Winslow, AZ.  For Cyndee and I both, this is the farthest west we have ever driven.  We've both been further west, but by plane.  We are now enjoying being up close and personal with things we had only seen from thirty thousand feet.

Our final destination is a state park just outside Winslow; Homolovi Ruins.  The drive on I-40 between Alb. and Winslow is probably the most pleasant part of I-40 I have ever been on.  There were a few long, shallow climbs that drained off some of the speed Big Gulp managed to build but the road was smooth and once leveled back out on the valley floor the speed came back easily.

We had one stop for fuel at a Flying J truck stop about half way.  As we got on down the road later I learned that I probably picked the highest priced gas on the whole trip route at just a few pennies short of $4.00/gal.

Homolovi Ruins was a short distance off to the north of I-40, about two exits before Winslow.  The road in is a very narrow asphalt road with really rough seams about every hundred feet.  Rough enough it knocked one of my mud flaps loose and dislodged a fender flair brace.  I'll have to do some mechanic'n tomorrow.

To our surprise the campground was completely empty, save the campground host.  I guess snagging the only sight with a sewer connection was not such a big deal after all.  But we don't know why this place is empty, it is great. 

This campground is wide open, it is the desert, backing in should be a snap.  But wouldn't you know it, our site had a small tree planted right at the edge of the pavement and Cyndee had to do a lot of scurrying back and forth between my mirrors to snake us into place without dragging a tree limb down the side of the trailer.

This is high desert camping.  Except for the out of place scrawny trees, it is nothing but sage, chaparral and tumbleweeds.

There is nobody out here but us.  A big thunderstorm is building about 20 miles away.

 Tomorrow we will explore some of the ruins and check out Winslow.  They have a Walmart so we should be able to start stocking up on the groceries we will need to take to the North Rim.