Day 4, morning

Pictures of last night's sunset as we drove into Gallup:



We left Gallup around 9:30 this morning to head for Sedona, Arizona. It's about a 4 hour drive and we are hours about an hour and a half into it. This is nothing compared to our past three days of driving!

There was an Applebees in Gallup last night, which we were pretty excited about since it was something familiar. Yet even sitting in the restaurant, which had the same food and the same crazy stuff covering all the walls, I still felt miles from home just looking at all of the people around us and not knowing a single face except Derek's. There are strong Native American and Mexican traditions around here, which makes the demographic of people very different. Everyone is very friendly, but it's clear that it is a very different life here than either of us are used to. Gallup is the "Indian Jewelry Capital of the World" and we've been seeing a number of trading posts along the drive today. We stopped into a couple and they sell all sorts of things- some commercialized key chains and post cards, but also handmade jewelry, pottery, rugs, and kachina dolls. Really cool.

The scenery changed dramatically just over the border of Arizona, where we started seeing large mesas and canyons. Check it out:





We are now in Holbrook, Arizona, where it's flattened out again, but we can still see giant rocks in every direction in the distance. We've heard from numerous sources that route 89A into Sedona is supposed to be amazing, so I am looking forward to that in a couple of hours. In the meantime, I'm writing covering letters and filling out job applications..ick. At least there is great company with me :)

We've come up upon Winslow, Arizona. Ten imaginary high fives if you can name the song with the lyrics "I'm standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona. I'm such a fine sight to see." No cheating!

That's all for now!