Day 28- Traveling to Santa Fe, New Mexico

After six nights on an air mattress in a tent we woke up so refreshed from sleeping in a bed!  We all went to breakfast and then Duncan and Douglas went for a swim in the pool while Len and I got packed up to go.  We left Holbrook, AZ at about 9:30 am.  We drove approx. 300 miles today.  We arrived in Santa Fe, NM at 3:30.  The time zone change got us again.  Now that we are heading east we "lost" an hour.  We thought we were arriving at 2:30 only to find out we had crossed the time line and it was really 3:30.
The drive today was pretty uneventful.  At one point we had stopped at a local truck stop to gas up.  As we drove in Duncan noticed a big bus decked out with John Cena and The Rock on the side of it.  Immediately both boys HAD to go to the bathroom.  Really they just wanted to go into the truckstop to see if either pro wrestler was "in the house."  Unfortunately, neither was spotted but Douglas did take a nice photo of the bus!  I'll attach it for your viewing pleasure!

The WWE bus we saw in Gallup. NM

We saw lots of wild horses along the ride.  We left Navajo Nation and entered New Mexico.  There are 19 "pueblos" or tribes in NM.  The Anasazi are one.  However, the story is that the word Anasazi translates to "the enemy" which people weren't happy about.  So now they are called "The Ancient People."
Tonight we took Len's cousins Bonnie and Mirtha out for dinner. There were lots of "ethnic" foods to choose from.  I didn't realize that there is a big difference between authentic Mexican food and authentic New Mexican food. Bonnie did a lot of translating for us.  We all got "New Mexican" dinners except for Douglas who stuck with good 'ol chicken tenders.

Tomorrow we are scheduled to go to another national Monument that have cliff dwellings from the Ancient People along with petroglyphs and an active archeological dig.  The guys should enjoy it and may even be able to get another Jr. Ranger badge out of it!  I'm working on including a video we took from the helicopter ride so stay tuned....only one picture today.