There isn't a whole lot to post about our drive out of California that we haven't already said (again, irrigated desert=buy more local), but we did take some photos of our journey, which you can find here. On another trip it would be great to investigate places like the Mojave Desert but this wasn't the time.
As you know we stayed in a yurt just north of Flagstaff, AZ after we left California, and we thoroughly enjoyed it (though truthfully the girls could have done without backpacking and hauling all of our gear uphill for a mile). The Weather Girls gave an excellent tour of the yurt, and you can find photos of our time there here. (Craig may write a post about it later).
After Flagstaff we headed to Albuquerque, with a couple of stops at Meteor Crater (thanks Tom for the info) and Petrified Forest National Park (spoiler: it was closed). Our pictures from those stops are here. Many people gave us great advice about other places we could visit in Arizona, and we love that you shared your ideas. We've filed them away for another trip to the Southwest (perhaps one without our kids).
Our last posts (to come very soon) will be about our visit to Albuquerque. I'm happy to say that our time there proved to be a salve on the wound created by the government shutdown. We had three nights at the home of very dear friends, and we were so happy to be able to experience Balloon Fiesta and some of the local Puebloan culture. New Mexico is the Land of Enchantment, and we were enchanted.
As you are reading this we are making the drive back to Macon. We will return ahead of schedule, and though it's been tough to miss out on Grand Canyon and Yosemite, it isn't such a bad thing to get home a few days early. Grace and Julia will get some time to adjust to life at home, and we'll be very happy to hand the job of educating them back to the professionals. Six weeks is definitely my limit for homeschooling.
We hope you'll keep reading. We do have a few more posts to share, and there are definitely more photos. We also have at least one more Weather Girls update too. I want to thank you for sharing the ride with us. We appreciate all the warm thoughts, the wonderful emails, and great comments. Now I'd better stop writing before the tears start to come. It's been one amazing journey.
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