Day 10 - Monday

We decided to sleep in a little bit, if you want to call 8 AMsleeping in?  Our main destination today will be Four Corners!! I'll explain later. During breakfast the steam engine blew it's whistle trying to entice travellers to take the train up through the mountains. We thought about it. Then we started doing some calculations on the time that it will take to get home and at this point our options are limited!! Unfortunately!!! So after taking a few pictures of the steam engine as it left town we headed through yet another mountain pass to Aztec, NM. The main tourist attraction here is the Aztec ruins. Where the Aztec people lived here 1000 years ago!! This ancient archeological site is phenomenal!! The ingenuity and insight that went into this place is mind-boggling. How the main wall would line up exactly straight on the equinox is unimaginable. They carried stones from 5 miles and trees from 50 miles away. They continued to build this facility for 30 years and then one day for whatever reason they up and left. To this day nobody knows why?  As we headed west to Four Corners, we saw an interesting mountain in the distance, so a left turn it was!! What's a few more miles south?? As we weaved through this unique landscape we were so glad that we took the long way!! The first thing we stumbled upon was a stone wall "mountain" if you want to call it that?  Kind of a weird thing out in the middle of nowhere!! After a few pictures and a short little hike we headed west a little further into a very  unique landscape, called Arizona!! I thought we were on twisty roads before this, but wow very, very twisty hairpin 10 mile per hour curves. Oh and did I mention that we are on a Indian Reserve? I'll tell you what, they know how to drive!!!!! The 10 mph curves that I speak of, I was being pushed by a Dodge truck around these corners at 35 mph!! I could've pulled over but NO, not at this point!  Halfway down the pass, and with tears in Joanne's eyes, I unwillingly pulled over and let the Dodge go past!! After a few quiet miles we came across our main destination of the day, Four Corners!  This is the point at where four state borders meet at one point. Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado. You can stand on the marker and be in four different states at one time!! Who said you can't be at two different places at the same time or four in this case?? After walking around there for a little bit we headed north up into Colorado. Cortez is where we will spend the night. Tomorrow is Mesa Verde National Park and the cliff dwellings.

























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