The day finally arrived! We thought we were pretty much ready to go on Saturday but there was so much that had to be done at the last minute that we really worked our tails off. It took me 3 1/2 hours just to load the food! I have a lot more food than space.

We left the house this morning at 9:42. For those of you who have followed Jan's annual motorcyle trips, you know that Al Contreras reports exact times and mileage - I'm not doing mileage. We had to stop in Chino Valley for ice so we really didn't get on the road until 10:12.

We stopped for lunch at the turnoff for Sunset Crater - we figured lunch in Flagstaff would be much cooler than lunch somewhere on the reservation. I know some of you will groan but I think the ride across the reservation is fascinating - not the houses - the landscape. The scenery is constantly changing and most of it is really beautful. As for the houses, the residents have certainly come up with a lot of uses for old tires!

We ended the day at Priest Gulch, an RV park between Dolores and Telluride, right on the Dolores River. It's really a nice park. By the way, I'm wearing a sweatshirt!

I'll write again the next time we have WiFi!