Leaving New Mexico and heading to Flagstaff, Arizona

On Wednesday, October 5, 2011 we left Santa Fe and our first stop was 50 miles away Old Town, Albuquerque. The old area was small and very easy to walk around in a couple of hours. The center square was quite nice and the shops were a bit more reasonable then Santa Fe. Interesting thing we learned in talking with one of the store owners is that New Mexico is the only state that has USA on it's license plates. I guess there are a lot of people who do not realize the New Mexico is part of the US. We made a few purchases and then headed out again.

We drove for a few more hours and then needed gas. I kept seeing a billboard advertizing a burger called Laguna . I had no idea what this meant until we came to this exit. There is a Native American tribe in New Mexico called Laguna. The stop for gas also had a dinner called Laguna. For $3.99 we had best freshest 1/2 pound burger ever.  We head out again for Arizona. This drive had some very beautiful scenery as shown in these photos.

We make one more stop for the elusive Native American pottery. This happens to be at the continental divide in New Mexico.

We arrived in Flagstaff around 5:00 pm. We checked into simple motel walking distance to downtown. After settling in we walk into town. We found a very popular Thai restaurant and had a wonderful, wonderful meal. On to Las Vegas.