Day 5

Today we spent the whole day in Farmington, NM with Grandma Pam.

The best part was when we got in the SUV and went for an adventure out into the wilds of the Navajo reservation to look for petrified trees. We drove down dirt roads and then turned off of those onto dirt tracks (using the 4 wheel drive for the first time ever!) and ended up near a pump jack in the middle of nowhere.

We got out near some interesting formation and starting climbing around. I warned the kids about snakes and critters, but happily we didn't see any. We did climb around the sandstone and found a big tree that had been trapped in the sand however many years ago and it was petrified. Pam told the boys all about how this part of NM had been underwater or part of a riverbed. The kids really loved it. Joe was particularly excited when he found a bone just laying on the ground.

We headed back to the house and spent the rest of the day lounging. We had a nice dinner with Larry (Uncle) and Alyssa (cousin) and then hit the sack.