Four Way Split

Donna has had a life-long dream of visiting the Four Corners Monument at the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico, so today was the day...

We had to stop at the White Cup in downtown Cortez for a cup of coffee before we left town, and talked to the proprietress, who has recently moved to the area from Sanford, Florida, and who decided to open a comfortable coffee house with her husband, who is a professional musician.  Every evening, they have an open mike for any and all to come in and use the great equipment and play and sing to their hearts content.  A great place for kids of all ages to hang out.

Once we got to the Monument, we had to start taking pictures:

The location is on Navajo land, and so they have set up a payment booth, where they charge $3 a person to enter the area.

The facility was built by the Bureau of Land Management some years ago so that visitors could see the only place in the United States where four states meet at a corner.  The Navajo have turned the facility into a tourist destination of sorts by setting up Tee shirt shops and jewelry displays in booths all around the area.

Donna was able to accomplish the four-way split.  I didn't even try...

There's the proof!

On the way back to Cortez, we saw a neat rock formation in the distance that reminded us of the southwest.

Back at Nessie, we cleaned and checked and prepped for the long haul home to California.  The next 3 days will be a bit of a blur as we knock off the last 1000 miles of our summer '13 trip.