Onward!

We started our morning off with a free breakfast, well, considering we spent $108.00 on the room I wouldn't really call it free ( too bad I'm not bulemic , I could have totally taken advantage of it). We've been staying at Motel 6's but we were tired and there was no wi-fi at the 6 so we said the hell with it and splurged. Holiday Inn is where we ended up in a "pet room" ...long story...( there was a cocker spaniel across the hall that looked like a curly haired walrus)

Did I mention Green River is some sort of melon hot spot? They are for sale in stands all over the place.We even saw a parade float made to look like a slice of watermelon. It had a hinged door built into the side to allow people to get into it. What if it wasn't really a float? Maybe it's some sort of diabolical Trojan fruit? Other then great melons I don't really know why someone would come here-wait-we did..

Finally, we are on the road. I was in Utah 19 years ago ( I was a mere child) and one of the things I did not get to see was Newspaper Rock. I also did not get to see Arches but I needed to choose one. We are not in a hurry but we do have limited funds ( and remember we splurged on the Holiday Inn) so I opted for the petroglyphs since they were free-no park admission. A lot of the drive was really pretty. Incredible, enormous rock formations jutted up from grassy plains and rolling hills. Some of it was really ugly (these ugly, uninhabitable portions are what was so kindly given to Native Americans to live on...great deal there). We wound our way down a narrow road for a few miles and came to this large boulder with a sheer face under an outcropping, sort of a natural awning. Plastered across the front of this are 1500 year old drawings, petroglyphs-ancient graffitti! It was really a peaceful, spiritual place. We left there and headed back to the main road. There is open range along here and there were 3 or 4 cows walking in a line along the left hand side. We slowed way down because one of them was acting a little skittish. Thank god we did because it ran in front of the car and smashed face first right into a bush. It reminded me of Starla (our dog we left at home with our daughter). A little further up the same road a small flock of birds was flitting by the car. Just as I was thinking how pretty they were and how we don't have them at home, one of them hit the truck. John claimed it was a natural culling of the herd. I told myself maybe it went under the truck but...

We stopped at a store in Moab then headed on to Monticello where we stopped for gas. John got out to wash the windows. "Jill" I looked up as he pulled the bird off the grill. So much for denial.

After eating lunch we were off again and we didn't stop until we got to Grants, New Mexico. It's about an hour and a half west of Albuquerque. We found a Motel 6-$44.00 at this one( we actually got charged $3.00 for the wi-fi) and ordered in a pizza. About 45 min later it still wasn't there. Were they delivering from Albuquerque? John called and they claimed they had attempted to deliver it but had the wrong room....so, at last the food came, several phone calls were made and now the blog is done. Shower, into bed and get up and head into Alb. where we will attempt to go to the mexican consulate to get our vehicle importation papers. If all goes well, we will make it at least to Roswell.You know-spaceships, cover ups, x-files stuff. If you don't hear from me tomorrow, be scared....be very scared.....