Colorado {50 States of Yoga}

Hot off the Four Corners I cross into Colorado on a crazy tight schedule!  The further along I drove into CO, the more it felt like Colorado!  I know, that seems so silly.. but the elevation kept rising, the mountains got bigger and the snow!  This California girl was not ready for the snow.  I know the Rocky Mountains have snow this time of year, I just hadn't considered that I would be so close to them.  But I was.  Durango is nestled in a little valley of the Colorado Rockies.

Arizona {50 States of Yoga}

I arrived Sunday afternoon into Albuquerque Sunport and headed west on I-40 in my rental car.  I had done this drive nearly 6 years ago so I didn't have any plans to stop and see sights along the way.  But if you do this drive, there are a few neat things I can recommend.  In Albuquerque there is Petroglyph National Monument which takes a short time to see a bunch of rock carvings from Native Americans and Spanish settlers that are hundreds of years old.   Further down I-40 into Arizona {and off the highway about 80 miles to the North} is Canyon de Chelly National Monument.  This canyon isn't as big as the grand canyon, but it is lesser known and therefore, I think, more interesting to check out.  When I went years ago there were Native Americans hand carving local stones with Native scenes and selling them canyon-side.  They were beautiful pieces of art and the people were friendly and easy to talk to.  Lastly, and right on I-40, is Petrified Forest National Park.  I was honestly not terribly impressed with it.  But, this was probably my 12th or 13th park I had been to in as many days and maybe I was burned out.  Or maybe I was just too excited to get to the Grand Canyon - which was next on my adventure list for that trip.