Today, I literally was in four states- it helped that is was a big circle around the Four Corners of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizonia and Utah. I am starting a new project with an educational publisher- will be doing a really simple little book set in the Navajo Reservation- so took a drive to take pics of all the places I had been a dozen times but never really paid attention to the detail-
so drove from Colorado into New Mexico- it was snowy and a low fog made the red rocks and sky look amazing!
Once through Shiprock and meandering down along the river bottom where the cottonwoods were all an amazing yellow, I headed towards Teec Nos Pos,
a trading post that is in Arizonia and has the most amazing wall of yarn, manufactured yarns to be used in rugs and hand carved Navajo folk art made of cottonwood and in the funniest characters like chickens and horses and other animals. From there I went towards the Four Corners and past there back into Colorado for just a bit before actually getting into Utah- where the San Juan river bottom was also full of brightly yelowing cottonwoods -
Back into Colorado and up Mc Elmo Canyon- -past the Ismay Trading Post where you can still get a pop...
And up the gorgeous McElmo Canyon......
And back to Cortez ans back up to Dolores- whole trip left at 11:00 a
and was at the school at 3:30 to pick up the girls. Not bad for four states!
Whoah, Julia, were you a race car driver at one time? Come to think of it, if you have kiddos then you learn to race against the clock every day. Hope you can delight in you new project. Sounds fascinating.
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