We woke up around 7:30 and took off. Finally, we saw Amarillo in the daylight. Why do people live there? It is just flat and boring. Thomas was right when he said the only thing that impedes you vision is the curvature of the earth. We were glad to be heading somewhere with more texture.
10:25am: These are very exciting times. We all watched as the odometer went from 99,999 miles to 100,000 miles. We even got pictures.
Nate was on the brink of death all day. He was unconscious most of the day…that is when he wasn’t vomiting blood out the window. We took him to the hospital when we got to Flagstaff and they extracted the alien that was growing in his belly. He felt better.
We went through Albuquerque at some point. One portion of the highway was adopted by Lesbians for Change. James said, “We’re on a lesbian highway. I’m on a lesbian highway. Who would have thought that we’d be in New Mexico on a lesbian highway.”
We also passed over the Continental Divide, the place that you pass through and say, “What in the world is the continental divide?” We think it is the national capital of math.
Petrified Forest National Park: After a debate of whether $10 was too much to see the painted desert and the petrified forest Clayton put his foot down and we paid and it was worth it. Mr. McLaughlin was wrong when he told us that we shouldn’t take the loop. We love the loop. There was a lot of pink rock, so when we saw the sign for the Blue Mesa we thought, “Maybe this will be especially beautiful and different.” Boy were we wrong. It was just like everything else, only grey. No blue at all. Maybe it is blue through certain sunglasses, but not today. Also, the bath rooms had HinyHiders to keep the stall doors locked.
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