Four Corners
As you can see in the first picture, each of our kids are standing in a different state. It's pretty convenient that we have four kids. I can tell you now that it was all part of our great plan. Laura and I discussed early on how many kids we wanted to have. After little debate, we agreed that we should have four kids in order to have the ability to put one kid in each state when we visited the Four Corners National Monument. If you believe that. . .
We camped at Canyon de Chelly, a beautiful part of the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona. Having pitched our tent in the early afternoon, we explored the north rim of the canyon (pictures to follow at some point). We continued to cover the one hundred miles to stand in four states at one time. The excitement was building as we got closer. Imagine our great disappointment when we found that it was closed! Barbed wire fences and a gate prevented us from reaching the only place in the US where you can stand in four states at one time. My first thought as a responsible father was to hop the fence. I didn't want to drive 200 miles for nothing. After much debate, we decided to be good examples and not hop the fence. Sometimes it tough being a law-abiding citizen.
We toured the south rim of Canyon de Chelly the next morning, then took the very same journey northward to Four Corners. These pictures were obtained legally after we paid our entrance fee of $3/person. We were fortunate to get there fifteen minutes before two busloads of high school students rolled in. By then, we had taken pictures, jogged around the monument several times (just to say that we jogged all the way from New Mexico, through Colorado, Utah and finished our long journey in Arizona. We were then able to sit comfortably at a picnic table, dining on Navajo tacos and fry bread, a healthy and delicious snack. Who says lard isn't a food group?
