Tuesday

I left early in the morning for the four corners - nothing of much interest but it was cheap ($3) to enter. Mostly booths lined around the monument to sell Native American jewlery and other things. I didn't even look.

From 4 corners I continued on my way to Mexican Waters where I ate breakfast and believe it or not they had wifi. They had a cute sign that said "voted the best restaurant in Mexican Waters for 8 straight years" of course the only thing in Mexican Waters is that restaurant and a gas station. We are talking super remote here. I gassed up in a small town before Mexican Waters and they actually had PO boxes in the convienence store - that was it - one gas station in the town (if I remember it was Red Mesa). Thats not totally correct as Red Mesa had a school also - they were the Red Mesa Redskins. Now we have been conditioned to think that these are offensive names and I always thought redskin was similar to niger, spik or honkey. Yet here, smack dab in the middle of the reservation with no whites in a gazillion miles there is a reservation school calling themselves the redskins - not sure what to say.

From there I proceeded south to Chinle AZ. I stopped at the gas station at the intersection. Here for the 4th time (give or take) I was hit up for money from Indians looking for hand outs - its a shame. I then decided to take a trip to see what (according to my map) was a lake. I saw no water but I did see incredible scenery (which I hope to upload soon) in the Canyon de Chelly National Monument (free) I took the south road and went about 75% of the way.

I then drove to Winslow and on to my stop for the night.

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