Cell phone service across Northern AZ leaves a bit to be desired...
The Google Latitude feed from my cellphone that feeds the Spotwalla map apparently took a vacation without us this afternoon. It did ok until we got to Tuba City, and then it decided to go south while we went east. At least we both wound up in the same place. The 324 mile route we actual took is pictured above.
Route 264 from Tuba City down toward Gallup is a nice, two-lane road with little traffic. Mostly 65 mph speed limits with few stops and little traffic. Little civilization. Little food, gas, or lodging. Lots of rocks and sand, some vegetation. Sporadic clusters of mobile homes and small houses. Not exactly the high-rent district, but a nice, scenic drive with many amazing panoramic views. Tuba City is about 4500 feet elevation, and this route staggers its way up and down to about 7600 feet before settling down to about 6500 in Gallup. Like I say, destinations are over-rated -- it's how you get there that counts! (No offense to those of you at our various destinations :)
A few light showers this afternoon, but nothing that mattered. The first shower was strange though -- we probably only got hit by about a hundred rain drops, but each one must have been the size of a marble. It felt and sounded like hail. Comfortable temperatures today, mostly between about 50 and 70.
-Alan
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