Tuesday, 30th April - Albuquerque to Chinle
Another long drive today, around 300 miles, all in glorious sunshine as we left Albuquerque, New Mexico, and headed west over the state line to Chinle, Arizona.
We finally arrived in Chinle late afternoon at our accommodation for the next two nights, Thunderbird Lodge.
We drove the North Rim of the Canyon de Chelly before dinner and enjoyed some incredible scenery gazing into the canyon 1000ft below us as the sun went down.
Our day didn't start as planned - we were going to revisit the bagel and coffee shop next door for breakfast but found it was closed on Tuesday. Starbucks to the rescue!
Our next planned stop at the El Morro National Monument was similarly scuppered as it too closes on Tuesday.
We stopped by at Denny's in Gallup for lunch and a brief visit to the local cowboy outfitters.
We finally arrived in Chinle late afternoon at our accommodation for the next two nights, Thunderbird Lodge.
We drove the North Rim of the Canyon de Chelly before dinner and enjoyed some incredible scenery gazing into the canyon 1000ft below us as the sun went down.
If you look close enough you can see some of the ancient native American buildings.
So lovely to catch up with family again. It's all SO BIG!!
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