Take it Easy.....Painted and Petrified

O.K., Eagles fans....our first stop today was in Winslow, Arizona. For those of you who don't know what I am talking about, there is a song by the Eagles called "Take it Easy". One of the verses says, "Standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona.....such a fine site to see....it's a girl, my Lord, in a flat bed Ford slowing down to take a look at me."
So what did we do first today? We stopped in Winslow, Arizona, and had our picture taken while standing on the corner. while we were there, there was a constant flow of people doing the same thing. Music was playing the Eagles songs, and there was a mural of a girl in a flat bed Ford in the background. Cool was what it was.
Then we went to Holbrook, where you get off I-40 to go to the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert. We ate at a Mexican restaurant there, and it was not American....it was Mexican through and through. Red or Green chilis on everything. When we said we didn't want the chilis, or the beans, the lady taking our order yelled to the back, "these people don't want chilis or beans!" Did we stand out? Oh, yes. definately.
Then it was off to Petrified Forest. It is worth the visit....though I had forgotten that there is petrified wood in every state. The Painted Desert was really pretty at the end of the road. And that is where the excitement began. The kids are jumping at every site, having their picture taken while in the air. Well, at Painted desert, they jumped, and landed on each other. Hannah has a bad scrape on her foot, Marissa has a bruised kneed, and Ansley blew out a flip-flop (sounds like a Jimmy Buffet song!). Hannah got dizzy....almost threw up....lost all color in her face, and almost fainted. She is doing fine, now.....except a really sore scrape on the foot.
From there, Hannah rode in the front, and Julie in the back. We rode 200 more miles looking at no trees, lots of open land, and 75 MPH speed limits. Finally, we arrived in Albuquerqui, and we are about to go out to eat. Ansley has been DYING to get here, because this town is the scene of "High School Musical". She thinks we are going to see people dancing in the streets, I guess. In fact, High School Musical II is being advertised on TV right now.
Well, gotta go. We just had a toilet that went out of service, and you know who the "Plunger Pro" is (for the 4th time this trip!) Too many beans out west, I think!
For you pollsters, we are washing clothes tonight.
---WJLsr