We left Flagstaff this morning and drove on what I believe will be our only tiny stretch on Route 66:

Initially we thought we would travel more on 66, but things just didn’t happen that way.

Anyway, we made a quick stop at Sunset Crater National Monument on our way out of town. It’s a very interesting park where a volcano erupted as recently as the 13th century. Apparently there used to be a trail up to the actual crater, but it sustained significant damage from hikers and had to be closed. You can still take a short trail around the base of the crater, though:

While we were there, a ranger pointed out that we could see a snowstorm happening on the mountains in the distance:

We didn’t have any snow, but we did run into some very dark clouds and some rain as we drove through Arizona. We saw some really pretty scenery!

Then we arrived at Four Corners Monument! This is, of course, where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah all touch corners. Nice!

With that, we were able to add two more states to our list:

After the rain and clouds today, we caught some truly amazing rainbows, too:

Now we’re at the lovely Days Inn in Cortez, Colo. Tomorrow: cliff dwellings!!

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