Day Six (Eclipse Road Trip)

 Cortez, Colorado 🠊 Santa Rosa, New Mexico

We spent the night in Cortez, Colorado, at a Walmart parking lot and boondocked it for the night. We had other travelers all around us and in the morning we met some awesome people that were in a converted van-"Yeti2gogh." They were the first people we met on our trip and they were so friendly. They were on their way back to Florida, where they're from, to get married after traveling for several weeks. We consider them friends now, and we can't wait to follow their bus life online and share tips. After we left Colorado we headed towards Four Corners and ate some lunch. Four Corners is literally four corners of states; Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado. It was windy while we were there, and we had to wait in line to take our turn in the middle of the corners. There were also Native American vendors around the corners selling their handmade merchandise. Skylar and I found some authentic, one-of-a-kind, handmade jewelry and listened to a story from a Navajo woman telling us how she comes across each piece. As a part Native myself, it was nice to be able to connect on that level with other women at Four Corners. We ended up eating a big lunch and heading towards New Mexico.

Even the views from the bus windows were beautiful.

It was another beautiful day for traveling and we headed toward Albuquerque, New Mexico. The rock formations along the way were some that I have never seen before. We all were taking in the views as much as we could.

We stopped for about an hour in Albuquerque and washed out the radiator vents and cleaned the bus up. We also let the animals get out of the bus and stretch, eat, and get some sun. The ducks were ready to get off their feet for a bit, and Hardy was excited to explore and smell the area. We weren't on Route 66 long, but it was cool to be able to say we drove a converted bus on the historic road.

We reached the Continental Divide around 9:30 p.m. We were a bit bummed, but made plans on our way back to stop during the daylight. One thing I wanted before leaving New Mexico was a pair of moccasins, and a handmade Native American bracelet.

We reached Albuquerque around midnight, but drove on to Santa Rosa, New Mexico, to stay the night. We got into Santa Rosa, New Mexico, around 2:00 a.m. and stayed the night at a Travel America. We were all exhausted and had no plans to get up early. It was much-needed rest for all of us. We can't wait to see what tomorrow has in store for us.