Rainy days and Sundays

We awoke Saturday to a steady rain and overcast skies. The Manager of the Sahara Motel recommended the Kik 66 diner down the street for breakfast. After an excellent meal of bacon, eggs and pancakes, we stopped for few minutes before leaving Tucumcari and took a few photos of of the business that have failed over the years once Route 66 was bypassed or enveloped by I 40.
Though it's inherently sad to see these dreams of others fail, the remaining standing structures are a goldmine for photographers.

Heading west, we stopped briefly at the El Rancho Hotel-Motel in Gallup, NM. As you may have seen from a previous blog, it's a historical landmark. Dave has some nice photos which I will upload when he downloads them from his camera.

Further west and we were in the Petrified Forest National Park. This park also includes the Painted Desert Park. We spent more time here than we originally scheduled, but it was worth it to put us off schedule.
The small river that ran through the park created some wonderful patterns in the sediment in the river bottom.

There were petroglyphs at this park that had to be viewed from a distance. This was shot through the telescope the park provides.

We arrived in Flagstaff after dark, found a motel on the old Route 66 and decided to have a quick, late dinner then off to bed for some much needed shut eye.

More to be posted later, running out of energy, both mine and the laptop...