My day began at 1:30 am as I couldn't get back to sleep for fear of oversleeping and missing our flight. Oh by the way, today is the day that we began our vacation. First stop was Phoenix, Arizona to pick up our new "family" car. We were picked up by AJ, one of the nicest and most knowledgeable used car salesmen that we've had the pleasure of working with, and believe me if you know us at all we've dealt with many used car salesmen. Upon collecting our bags, we walked out to the curb and waited about 2 minutes and there he was. We made the quick trip to the dealership and within an hour of landing we were on the road. Here's our new family car.
As you can see it is a claret red 2003 Honda CRV. We were so pleased that the car in reality lived up to all the pictures provided on line. The inside is extremely immaculate
It also has one of the most important requirements. Lots of good cup holders. I should have taken pictures of them, but I'm sure that soon I'll be including a picture of those as well. We grabbed a quick bite to eat at Taco Bell, filled the car up with gas and hit the road.
First stop was Flagstaff. What a beautiful mountain town it is. We pulled over upon leaving town to take a quick picture of each of us with our new ride.
Before leaving Phoenix, we stopped at Fry's (similar to Raley's) and picked up two styrofoam coolers, a couple of bags of ice, some beverages and snacks.
We like to be able to continually hydrate without stopping all the time. It works for us.
We decided not to go through Monument Valley as we've driven through there numerous times and wanted to get to Cortez, Colorado to spend the night. Even though we chose not to make that wondrous drive, we still had the opportunity to see some amazing rock formations. This one reminded us of a crowd of people. I took this from the car driving 70 mph. Not too bad. We're staying the night at the Econolodge. I'm dead tired and look forward to catching up on my lost sleep from last night. More later from the road.
As you can see it is a claret red 2003 Honda CRV. We were so pleased that the car in reality lived up to all the pictures provided on line. The inside is extremely immaculate
It also has one of the most important requirements. Lots of good cup holders. I should have taken pictures of them, but I'm sure that soon I'll be including a picture of those as well. We grabbed a quick bite to eat at Taco Bell, filled the car up with gas and hit the road. 
First stop was Flagstaff. What a beautiful mountain town it is. We pulled over upon leaving town to take a quick picture of each of us with our new ride.
Before leaving Phoenix, we stopped at Fry's (similar to Raley's) and picked up two styrofoam coolers, a couple of bags of ice, some beverages and snacks.
We like to be able to continually hydrate without stopping all the time. It works for us.
We decided not to go through Monument Valley as we've driven through there numerous times and wanted to get to Cortez, Colorado to spend the night. Even though we chose not to make that wondrous drive, we still had the opportunity to see some amazing rock formations. This one reminded us of a crowd of people. I took this from the car driving 70 mph. Not too bad. We're staying the night at the Econolodge. I'm dead tired and look forward to catching up on my lost sleep from last night. More later from the road.
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