Take It Easy...

Take It Easy:

When convenient as we head east, we're going to try to follow portions of old Route 66 as it weaves and merges with I-40.  Today the road brought us to the inevitable and iconic (and touristy) Winslow Arizona.  Turm up the volume and CLICK HERE as you look through the next few pictures:

Next stop before we crossed the line into New Mexico was a short visit and lunch at the Painted Desert portion of the Petrified Forest National Park:

In New Mexico, we ventured into "historic" Gallup, but detours and difficulty navigating a 30 foot RV yielded only a couple of pictures of the town:

Wall mural in Gallup, NM

What did impress us all day, however, were the endless miles of train tracks paralleling I-40, with trains of as many as 100 cars (we lost count!) east and westbound:

We arrived at tonight's destination in Grants, NM to rain and temp's only in the 60's - but after days of dry sun and wind, it was kind of a nice change, and a chance to settle into the RV for the evening with pizza delivery from the KOA kitchen.