In Arizona

We left Albuquerque at 9 this morning, and drove through beautiful, wide-open desert to Arizona. Made a stop at the continental divide - at least, that's what the signs said; looked pretty flat to me. Beautiful place, though, like the rest of the drive.

We decided to visit Petrified Forest nat'l park, and drove about 25 miles from one end to the other, stopping at several spots: overlooks of the Painted Desert, the "agate bridge" (a fallen petrified tree), and the "crystal forest" (an area with lots of petrified logs scattered around).

After that it was 100 miles to Flagstaff. As we passed a sign saying 68 miles to go, we were able to see snow-capped mountains just north of town. Took a while to convince ourselves that we were actually seeing mountains that were over 60 miles away.

Wish driving east from our house was like it is out here - 75 mph limits and no big-city traffic jams.

Matt attempted to copy video from our camcorder into the computer, but had some trouble. He got some, though, so we'll have some clips to send out soon (can't post them here, as far as I know). Should have some pictures later this evening, too.