Drove a lot of miles today and saw neither an auto parts store or garage to get the oil changed. The truck is obnoxiously loud, especially when driving into a National Monument. I feel like I am violating the space with noise.
We continued South today and made it 479 miles since our last fill up. Our worst mileage yet, just over 20mpg, conversely our best was the tank before, 24.8 crisscrossing the Continental Divide. I know our day between Canyonlands and Moab is responsible as it took us eight hours to traverse the 34 miles of canyon and washes.
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| out of gas....... |
As usual we wandered as we drove and detoured towards any National Park or Monument we saw signs for. The first was Navajo National Monument in Arizona. We explored the Visitor Center and took in a short movie before hiking the overlook to the ruins.
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| There's a village down there. |
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| a closer look... |
Tyler was awarded another badge and we were off to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. We checked out the Watchtower and museum. The Watchtower was decorated with beautiful native art.
Next as it was getting late, we stumbled upon Wupatki National Monument. Since Arizona doesn’t observe daylight savings we gained an hour and stopped to check out more amazing ruins.
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| "blowhole" |
We camped just outside the Monument in the Coconina National Forest. All the soil around here is crumbled volcanic pumice. Tomorrow we visit the source.
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