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It’s a big hole
Two days ago, in Phoenix, we saw Taliesin West, then Ian took us and his mom to Renata’s Hearth at the Biltmore. So yummy to eat, and quite yummy to see. The decor seemed designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and, indeed, the architect, Albert Chase McArthur had been a draftsman for Wright, and asked him…
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Arrived!
At the Grand Canyon. Can’t see it though. ‘Too dark. Came at five thirty. So we will wait to see it in The morning. We have three days. Left Phoenix this morning after hugs with Janet, Chris’s good friend. Had dinner last night with her and her son who treated us to good food and…
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Vegas, baby
From the sturdy flashiness of Zion, with its towering monolithic rocks, which you couldn’t imagine seeing everyday or your head would explode from the impressive beauty, to the noisy, bright flashiness of Vegas, with its constant ‘look at this’ lighting and noise. Getting to the hotel room was not straightforward. You are not allowed to…
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I Have no Words
Or enough, or the right ones. I didn’t want to repeat the WOW. But I think I must . I was going on and on about Mesa Verde. And it was spectacular. Then Yesterday we saw Arches National Park and Christine told you about those wonders. And they were. Amazing. Who could believe what we…
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Life on Mars
It’s Tuesday. It’s getting harder to keep track. And the holiday enhances the haziness. We oohed and aahed at Mesa verde yesterday. That was peanuts compared to today. Our hotel in Moab was 6 minutes from Arches National Park. We even got moving a little earlier, with the intent to get to tonight’s hotel in…
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Blue Lightning
Is what we call my car, a new hybrid SUV, it is a shade of blue called ‘Still Night Pearl’, a blue that edges into purple, with fine sparkles. It easily goes fast. Without me noticing sometimes. My nephew Greg came up with the name, and since I didn’t have one for it, I kept…
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Another Wow
Yesteday was Cortez, Colorado. Now we are in Moab, Utah. But before we got here, We went to Mesa Verde National Park. WOW. I am so glad that Judy Z suggested it. Amazing, incredible, astounding. There is a good web of roads that take you to very interesting archeological Pueblo dwellings as well as museums…
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Western beauties
The adobe city. Santa Fe is larger than I remember. We stayed at a hotel right in the central area. There was a pool, but it was outdoors. There was snow on the lounge chairs. Nope. We got our act together this morning and set out to the Georgia O’keefe museum. This town has tiny…
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Marfa to Santa Fe
Wow and wow! For all kinds of reasons. One, we’re halfway through our road trip. Two, we keep seeing wonderful things including magnificent desert scenery. Three. We went to Carlsbad Caverns, which we may not have done except that Jim texted, “Hey why don’t you go. It’s on the way.” So there. We left the…
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Con-founded
We began the day late, luxuriously sleeping in. We don’t have to move on to the next locale til tomorrow. After coffee made in my coffee maker, we headed over to the Chinati foundation. It was begun by Donald Judd when he moved to Marfa and found an abandoned army base. He joined forces with…