Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Three Dead Sheep, White Knuckles, and the Bare Naked Ladies
This day had it all, to say the least. We are winding down in a Residence Inn in Flagstaff, AZ with two bedrooms and a hang out room with a kitchen. Bella is sleeping well in one and Fraser in the other, however, he is not 100%. He did well through midday drinking Pedialyte, smiling big, then we mixed in a little food and the vommit returned and a small fever. We're watching him closely.
We had a nice drive after leaving Durango about 2pm, right through the 4 Corners(got a fun pic per Dave B's recommendation) and some great scenery. Then the sun went down and it was the thickest fog I have driven in, going up over and down mountain passes. You could barely see beyond the front of the car. Doing about 40mph, when cars start flashing their lights coming from the other direction...is the right head light out again? North and I confirm it is on, when all of the sudden we are upon three dead sheep in our lane. Quick turn to the right onto the shoulder and we avoided them. Funny, we had just seen signs for elk, deer, cows, even horses, but no signs for sheep. The Bare Naked Ladies are the only thing to keep me from tensing up too much.
The morning started off with Bella and me swimming for an hour, so it wasn't a total loss. She was in good spirits all day. If we feel well in the AM, we will head to Grand Canyon, if not, we will wait it out at the hotel and determine the next days path.
We had a nice drive after leaving Durango about 2pm, right through the 4 Corners(got a fun pic per Dave B's recommendation) and some great scenery. Then the sun went down and it was the thickest fog I have driven in, going up over and down mountain passes. You could barely see beyond the front of the car. Doing about 40mph, when cars start flashing their lights coming from the other direction...is the right head light out again? North and I confirm it is on, when all of the sudden we are upon three dead sheep in our lane. Quick turn to the right onto the shoulder and we avoided them. Funny, we had just seen signs for elk, deer, cows, even horses, but no signs for sheep. The Bare Naked Ladies are the only thing to keep me from tensing up too much.
The morning started off with Bella and me swimming for an hour, so it wasn't a total loss. She was in good spirits all day. If we feel well in the AM, we will head to Grand Canyon, if not, we will wait it out at the hotel and determine the next days path.
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Don't delude yourself...that was not fog. It was the steam exhaust from an alien space ship, stopping by to drop off the carcasses of the sheep taken from a ranch in North Dakota earlier in evening.
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