Barb - I feel like I should be quoting the Route 66 song, about "Gallup, New Mexico..." Plus we've at least seen interstate signs for Winslow, Arizona, Barstow, San Bernadino - all those great places in the song that was done so well by Manhattan Transfer. We left Williams (not quite as early as the day before!!) and after a couple of hours, enjoyed the drive through Petrified Forest/Painted Desert National Park areas in Arizona. We took a walk on one of the easy trails by the visitors' center so we could see the various types of petrified forest specimens.
The Painted Desert loop was very colorful (north end of the total loop) so we were glad we drove the whole route. Wouldn't want to do that road in a storm or have road trouble there! It wasn't a steep mountain road - there's just NOTHING there for 20 miles!
Ed - The driving today was easy. We had a few hills to climb and stayed above the 7,000 foot level even with all of the ups and downs. The old Route 66 road to the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert had a big sign that said "no services, no police support, no snow plowing and no help after dark"- but we took it anyway. The road through the park was nice with nice turnouts and a very interesting museum.
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