4 Corners of the Country

So when we got to the Grand Canyon we had the brilliant idea to detour off of our planned itinerary and go see the "4 corners" since we were kind of in the area and we probably wouldn't get the opportunity to see it again. It really didn't seem like too far out of the way when we decided to make the trip.

Fast forward to today!!! We got up early (because when your camping all the birds wake up at the crack of dawn and like to wake you up too!) - packed up our campsite and left the grand canyon for the 4 corners. We drove a little over 4 hours to get to the four corners through no man's land. Literally- there was nothing to see (See 1st pic above). Granted, we were going mostly through Indian reservations so its not like I was expecting things to be very developed but at times I questioned whether or not we were actually moving or if we were stuck in some kind of warp where time stood still. Alas, we finally made it to the four corners. Its a small monument when you get there. But it is kind of neat to stand in 4 states at once. We spent uh... maybe 20 minutes there taking pictures then peaced out for our destination of the evening: Albuquerque.

We opted not to follow the google map directions and instead followed my awesome navigational skills allowing us to take New Mexico back roads to get to Albuquerque. It actually worked out pretty well. It took us about 4 1/2 hours to get to our hotel this evening. Through most of the trip there was no one but us on the open road.

As of day 4 - Greg and I are still enjoying each other's company so that's a positive sign. He was a rock star today and did most of the driving (I only drove the last hour). He has unfortunately come down with a cold :( I think that it's due to sleeping outside the last two nights, the weather changing all the time on us (heat in the day, cold at night) and the altitude difference we experienced at the Grand Canyon. I am hoping that tonight after a decent shower and sleeping on a nice bed he'll feel better tomorrow! The other good news is our fish has made it through another day! Yippee.

Tomorrow its off to Oklahoma City. We'll be taking actual freeways tomorrow so it should be smooth sailing!