Ephesians 1:18 - I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

We had a pretty good night's rest as the campground was quiet and cool. It was 37 degrees when I awoke @ 4 am but, it warms up rapidly as the temperature rose to 65 degrees before we left camp by 6:30 am. We had to quietly pack up the tent and all of my sleeping gear and Doug was very good at this. I tried to help as much as I could. I again was surprised that everyone in the campground was so quiet - even everyone else that was packing up early. We departed for Hank's Trading post for Doug to pick up where he had left off yesterday. After I dropped him off I backtracked to the Wupatki National Monument to visit the pueblo ruins. I really enjoyed being the first vehicle through the park as I was able to see the antelope, lots of rabbits and a covey of quail. The scenes were spectacular and the combination of the ruins, the scenery and the wild animals made this a very memorable detour.

Today we were crossing the Navajo Nation. Doug had another strong wind at his back and the terrain was reasonably hospitable and the temperature was in the eighties. It was a relatively uneventful "118.3 MILES" he pedaled today. The most interesting sight I saw was four horses wandering through Tuba City when I stopped to get gas. They were just nonchalantly wandering up the street and nobody seemed to care. Doug had planned on riding 100 miles today. When he reached the 100 mile point he was at the top of a five-mile descent. Then at the bottom of the hill he was only a dozen or so miles from Kayenta so he figured he would go ahead and go the distance as he still felt pretty good. He rolled into town after a fantastic day of riding.

We had not made reservation for our evening lodging as we really weren't sure where we might end up. Luckily, the Hampton Inn on the edge of town had a vacancy and Doug had a Mickey D's milkshake and within 30 minutes of finishing his ride he was lounging in the pool. The washer and dryer were right across the hall so I washed our stinky sweaty clothes. As I waited for the washer to finish I actually went swimming to. Like the Hot Tub in Sedona I have not been in a pool in a while. I am always afraid I will not be very graceful in public and tend to shy away from such pleasures. It was really nice to swim as the water supported my weight and my legs felt really good moving through the water. It was also good for my upper body. I really enjoyed swimming.

After we finished swimming we took turn folding clothes and soon both had clean and freshly scented clothes. We decided to have dinner at the Blue Coffee Pot Restaurant. The restaurant was so named because when the wild west was being settled and trading post began to spring up across the land one of the first purchases the Navajo families made was a blue coffee pot. The blue coffee pot became a symbol of friendship and change. Anyone attracted to a campfire was welcomed with a pot of coffee from their blue coffee pot. The food was really good. Doug was excited they had sweet tea and it was good sweet tea. He drank two-quart glasses of tea - no hydration problems this evening. There were plenty of local families that were eating here as the food was so reasonably priced. Doug had Beef and Fried Bread and I had a Navajo Chili salad on fried bread. Both were Navajo traditional dishes and both were excellent. We finished the meal with some homemade pie. We also saw some horses wander across the highway as we were sitting there eating. I googled it and apparently there are 50,000 wild horses wandering across the Navajo Nation. For centuries wild horses have roamed the Navajo Nation, where they serve as both a symbol of the unconquerable Native spirit and the iconic image of the American West.

We have had a wonderful day and it is nice now to be going to bed in our air-conditioned hotel room. God is so Good.