Tuesday, March 20, 2012

A Big Day Trip

Mom, Dad, our friend Pat and I had a big day-trip today, driving to western New Mexico for them to buy jewelry for Turquoise Trail Traders. One of the best parts of the trip for me was to ride and snooze and snug for 2 1/2 hours with my Dad (going out) and then with my Mom (driving home). Our first stop was Gallup, but they tell me the jewelry was pretty expensive there, so we didn't stay long, but drove south to Zuni and the beautiful Corn Mountain mesa that welcomes you to the Pueblo.

The first thing we saw in Zuni was a Zuni-bread oven getting fired. I guess once it's hot enough they close it up, and then you can bake bread in it. Too bad that we weren't there long enough to sample the bread!

The jewelry prices were much better in Zuni, and Mom and Dad were able to get everything they were looking for. Pat got some nice stuff for herself too.


On the way home, we stopped at El Morro (Inscription Rock) -- one of our favorite places in that part of the country. That's the place where hundreds of years ago travelers across the desert found a beautiful pool of fresh water, and then wrote their names and dates on the walls of the cliffs.

Back home, dinner, then a short time while the people admired the things they bought, and then everybody went to bed early.

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