Left the Sedona, AZ area the day after our Canyon tour and drove towards Pagosa Springs, CO. OMG that was a long and monotonous drive! Once we got north of Flagstaff the scenery started to turn to lots of sand and rocks. The drive gets you close to the Canyon, where we were the previous day, but we didn't see it again. We saw and crossed the 'little' grand canyon that's still impressive and a good warm up to the big one. Most of the day traveling was going across Native American territory. The roads are maintained by the state I'm pretty sure, but the laws are enforced by the tribe law enforcement. Most of the way we were on 2 lane highways with a 65 mph speed limit. There were passing lanes at times to get around slower traffic, but other then those you passed when it was safe to. Thankfully most of the vehicles traveling with us were moving at or above the posted limit most of the day. It wasn't just a set the cruise and keep it between the lines kind of day. Thankfully I wasn't towing a trailer because the winds would have been a real beating. We stopped at the Four Corners monument just because it was on the way.
We got to our hotel in Pagosa to check in and chill for a bit before going to dinner.
Next day we took the road to the local ski resort Wolf Creek. That takes you over what is called The Pass at 10,856 feet.
It's also on the Continental Divide. The roads were all clear, but there was still a lot of snow around. There were a lot of snow mobile tours going on and were starting at this point while we were there. There were also families with little kids sliding down the hills on sleds, one of them that we spoke with happened to be from Texas. We were able to use one of their sleds to try it out since we don't get that kind of snow where we live and we don't have large hills close to our house to walk to when we get our winter events every so often. We all took a slide down the hill. Fun memories for sure!
We stopped at a pull off on the way back down the mountain at a waterfall named TreasureFalls
There is a trail that you can hike in close to it, but there was still too much snow to be safely done.
Next day we left early morning to start heading for home with plans to make it to Amarillo, TX. We made a stop at the famous, at least to people who are into car culture, Cadillac Ranch.
We brought some spray paint and left our mark. They are 50's era Cadillacs half buried in a corn field along I40 on the west side of Amarillo.
The next day, today, we drove the last 6-7 hours home. Nothing special to show really unless you like looking at a bunch of Texas farm land that some have massive wind turbines that generate electricity. No pics since I was driving.
