Day 9 - Santa Fe to Tucumcari. After our walk last night we decided to revisit a couple of places we saw. Walking to the Santa Fe Railway Depot, where we saw the Double decker passenger train depart, was first on the agenda. Then back to historical downtown to check out the Miraculous staircase at Lorretto Chapel and the San Miguel Mission (oldest church in USA, 1610). Back on 66 following the Old Santa Fe Trail out of town we called in for an hour or so at th...

Day 8 - Gallup to Santa Fe. Well we are into our second week in the mighty US of A - another 2 weeks remains for Suzanne until she exits home and a little under 4 weeks till Tony and Nikita return to NZ. US State number 4 (New Mexico) ticked off as we head off East on Route 66 ducking over, under and sometimes on the I-40 Interstate passing by colourful red rock cliffs and spires before crossing the Continental Divide at 7275 feet. We stopped off at old aban...

Day 7 - Flagstaff, Arizona to Gallup, New Mexico. Up early(ish) for a complimentary breakfast American style of waffles, cereal, yoghurt, donuts, toast & jam, coffee and juice. Today we headed East along the I-40 deviating to small towns and short stretches of Route 66 along the way. First thing on the list was a visit to Meteor Crater, where a crater 4000 ft wide by 700 feet was formed by a meteorite approximately 50000 years ago. Very spectacular viewing ...