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2000
Four Corners, part I
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October 23rd - November 11th 2000
States visited: Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Utah
Miles on the road: 3500
Gallons used:
Rental car: Chrysler LHS from Dollar
Airlines: SAS & British Airways
Traveling mate: Hanne Bolgnes
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3 weeks. Starting in Denver, visiting a friend in Colorado Springs. West into southern Colorado to Hot Springs and Durango.
Mesa Verde National Park and the Four Corners site. Continuing into Arizona and across the Glen Canyon Dam and into Utah.
Visited Zion National Park before we drove south to a very snowy and foggy Grand Canyon. We almost didn't see anything.
We drove through Flagstaff, Phoenix and Tucson before we entered New Mexico. We spent a few days in El Paso Texas and took a bus ride into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Further east into Texas before we once again entered New Mexico and Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
Visited the UFO-museum at Roswell, took a look at Albuquerque and Santa Fe before we drove across Raton Pass into Colorado.
One more night in Colorado Springs and back home.
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Monday October 23rd
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We got up early after a terrible night in our London hotel. We took the
Underground to Victoria Station where British Airways have a check-in counter
for Gatwick. After a bit of shopping at Victoria station, we made a run for the Gatwick Airport Express and
enjoyed a half hour train journey across London's south communities. They
said at the check-in that they had a light load and the big 747 was about half
empty so we had plenty of space, but we were over an hour late leaving Gatwick
because they had a problem with the air condition system, at least, that was
what the captain said...
We landed in Denver not more than 30 minutes behind schedule and passed
through imigration and customs before we jumped on a Dollar-bus that took us out
to the rental car. Denver International Airport is HUGE and is said to be
the worlds largest airport, but certainly not in traffic though! Very few
international flights make a call here and currently it's only BA that makes non-stop
flights from Europe, but Lufthansa is supposed to start a new service from
Frankfurt in the spring of 2001.
The white Chrysler LHS shined outside the "Dollar-shack" and after putting our
luggage into the fairly large trunk we were on our way to Colorado Springs and a
couple of nights at my friend Geir's place. We went to Applebees for dinner and
after an update about what was going on we soon hit the sack, tired after
a long journey...
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Hanne and the Chrysler LHS at Larkspur, Colorado
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Tuesday October 24th
I got up at 5:30 (honestly!) because I couldn't sleep anymore. After a
couple of hours we were on our way to Denver and made a quick (?) stop at
Caboose Hobbies, before we parked and rode the light rail into
downtown. We walked along 16th street mall and browsed the many souvenir
stores selling genuine(?) Colorado artifacts. We ate lunch at Hard Rock
Cafe and enjoyed ourselves in the nice weather. We finished our Denver trip with
a stop at Cherry Creek Mall - an upscale shopping center on the southeast side
of town. Back in Colorado Springs Geir
took us to his favorite Chinese restaurant and then we relaxed at his place
before we got to bed.
Wednesday October 25th
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to wait for the others to get up... Geir made some delicious pancakes for
breakfast and after a quick stop at the nearest supermarket we were on the
road again. We followed I-25 to Walsenburg before heading west towards
Alamosa. It was a beautiful day and the scenery was fantastic.
Across Wolf Creek Pass we got the first sights of snow and the
temperature were around 0° C. Hanne found a Siberian Husky that was
playing in the snow.
We made a stop in Pagosa Springs just because Hanne saw a "cross
stitch"-store, but it was getting darker and we decided to camp here
for the night. We found a Best Western and checked in, but when we
later took a walk around town we discovered that there was another motel
with several hot springs just across the street. |
On top of Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado, 10 856 ft
Hanne has found a friend...
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Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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Pagosa Springs was a typical little western town with several nice
stores. We ate dinner at a Mexican restaurant and spent the rest of
the evening relaxing in front of the TV. "57
channels and nothing on", Bruce Springsteen. |
Thursday October 26th
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On top of Mesa Verde National Park,
Colorado,2621 m
Morten at Four Corners. Hands and feets in
Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.
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Friday October 27th
Saturday October 28th
East entrance to Grand Canyon, Arizona |
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Sunday October 29th
Monday October 30th
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Benson, Arizona
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New Mexico Welcome Center, Lordsburg |
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Tuesday October 31st
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Sign says: "Beware
of snakes". Just outside Las Cruces, New Mexico
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This travelogue is continued in Part II
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