Monday, April 27, 2009

Moving Monday

Durango, CO to Lake Powell, AZ. 276 miles, 33.0 gals., 8.3 MPG. Map couldn't be easier. US 160 west through CO, into AZ, across the Navajo Nation to AZ 98 northwest to Lake Powell. The improved fuel mileage can be attributed to the fact that we started the day at an elevation near 7000 feet and ended at about 4300 feet.

These pictures of the high point of the day will mean more to the Aiken Nesbitts than others because they have sampled the wares of this Kayenta, AZ gourmet mecca......

The Blue Coffee Pot Restaurant

The specialty of the house.....

The Locally World Famous Stew and Frybread Lunch --YUM, YUM

We really had planned lunch here so MMG could have some of her favorite lamb stew, but on Monday the stew is beef, so it was only a 90% successful stop. If you are thinking that Frybread looks a lot like a State Fair Elephant Ear, you'd be right, but Navajo Frybread has a history. Read about it here.

I can't tell you how relieved I was to learn that an average serving (one whole one) has only 770 calories and 29 grams of fat -- a veritable health food!

The daily scenery photos were a bust. I think the reason is that the camera was focusing on the bug carcasses on the windshield rather than the features and the colors of the mostly desert we were traversing. Rather than posting out of focus pictures, we'll get some better ones tomorrow.

As we were headed into town (Page, AZ) to get a Wally World fix, I pulled through the Shell station to check out the diesel availability and accessibility we spotted this life's lesson: No matter how expensive or powerful your boat is or how famous you are as a racing boat driver, you can still get a flat tire!


Here's what it looks like in the water:



Now that can cause some serious go-fast boat envy!

We can tell that "the season" is nearly upon us. In the grocery store we were surrounded by a bus full of oriental guests and at the Glen Canyon Dam reception center there were two more bus fulls of their countrymenpersons.

Here in the campground we are surrounded by rental RVs and the strains of French, German, and Spanish permeate the air.

We are really glad to see our foreign visitors in great numbers -- they can help pay for all this stuff!

Oh! I almost forgot to share that we saw our first Mule Deer and Prairie Dogs today! We must really be "out West"!

Stay Well.

MMG and DDG


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