So after 4 -5 hours of sleep at the truck stop, we got on our way to the next town. Flagstaff seems to be our go-to town after hiking out of canyons and it is again today. We are in desperate need of showers, but cleaning off with baby wipes and putting on some fresh deoderant and clothes will do for now. Ryan came up with Olive Garden for lunch. We devoured endless soup, salad and breadsticks and had the nicest kid take care of us. He came on a bus from inner city L.A. to Flagstaff with his acceptance letter to Northern Arizona University and figured it out from there. He is now in a mechanical engineering program.
Our driving goal today is much shorter. We are going to Page, AZ to see Lake Powell. On the way, we stopped at two national monuments along one scenic route. Behind me is Sunset Crater Volcano, it last erupted around 1050.
Are we back in Hawai'i? This area is called a squeeze up, it occurs when more liquid lava moves up through a crack in the current lava crust.
Wupatki Pueblo. It remains amazingly intact despite it may not have been lived in for about 700 years.
Ryan reading about the 'blowhole' behind him. If you hold your hand over it, cool moist air is felt. It seems hard to believe with the 100 degree heat out here. We learned from touring Carlsbad Caverns, it means there is a cave system underneath.
This sign is on the door at Wupatki visitor center. Hmmm, I have felt that way a couple times in the last month and a half. But not today. Off to Lake Powell! We got to our campground, went grocery shopping and I took the longest shower of my life.
Total miles: about 180
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