Albuquerque -

We traveled from Phoenix to Albuquerque yesterday, by way of Show Low and St. John's. Got to see where David and his team stayed during their last audit, and the schools that they worked with. The countryside from Show Low was a lot of scrub brush, but also had some areas where you would swear you were in the Painted Desert. I can see where the colored sands were found for the local Sand Paintings. Just before Bonnie's house we were lucky to have a little help and missed two accidents. One on the freeway -- a car lost a wheel on the right hand side of the round and traveled across the lanes in front of us hitting the median. They ended up facing the traffic. Thank goodness the other two cars avoided the car too. The other was a bicyclist that almost got hit. But we got here about 6:00 p.m. and had a wonderful roasted chicken meal that was a perfect ending of the day along with the wonderful host and hostess. Bonnie showed us her National Park passport which sounds like something we will need to invest in for our current journey and possible future drives. We also got to see the wonderful butterfly and hummingbird garden they put in (picks will be posted tonight) and the beautiful renovation Yar has just finished in the bathroom. We will be leaving in an hour to drive north to Louisville, Colorado. What a wonderful time!