Had lunch with Deb Sunday afternoon and went back to Madrid to exchange a piece of jewelry, then said goodbye and went back to VanGo to get ready to leave. Did a few last minute things and secured everything I could.
We left Albuquerque this morning at around 8:30 and reached Cortez around 2:pm. After we mounted that last hill on Albuquerque's west mesa (where all the old microwave towers are), we had seen our last glimpse of my favorite city. It was a good visit and I was sad to go.
The western New Mexico landscape is some of the most desolate I've ever seen, excluding perhaps Saudi Arabia. There are some pretty red-colored mesas and I passed nearby Shiprock, which I had only seen in pictures. Quite impressive, and larger than I thought.
The countryside seemed to green the minute we left NM and entered Colorado. Cortez seems to be a nice little town; very quiet, and the park I'm in is practically in the middle of town. The weather's quite mild: around 70 degrees F.
We have no plans to do anything; we're only going to be here overnight, and I don't want to unhook the car. We'll leave tomorrow morning, go west and north through Utah to catch Interstate 70, which will take us to Grand Junction.
Cortez, CO Elev: 6201'
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