We left Las Vegas, NM and went through Albuquerque just after the balloon festival so we missed seeing all of the beautiful balloons in the air. Our next stop was Gallup, NM. Gallup is one of those cute little Route 66 towns. Lots and lots of Native American jewelry, art, rugs, etc. Every shop was full of beautiful stuff. New Mexico has a law that they have to say in the store if its authentic native american made so if it doesn't say then its not. What they don't protect you from is whether the stones in the jewelry are genuine turquoise or not so you want to go to reputable stores and if the price is too good to be true then its suspect.
Our next stop was the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park. Its two parks in one. The northern part of the park is the Painted Desert. It has fabulous vistas of multicolored rock. It reminded us of the Badlands in South Dakota. You can actually drive your RV through the park and most of the pullouts for picture taking are big enough for RV's. Most people drove their rig through but we chose to park the RV in Holbrooke, AZ and drive through with the truck.
We are now sitting in Prescott, AZ enjoying some nice mountain views and enjoying mid 70 degree temps.
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