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So we made it across country and now we're headed back east. After a bit of car trouble in Arizona, and a misleading "check engine" light in New Mexico, we're on the road again. Here's what's been up:

First, as Kim said, we made it to LA; here's proof.


After our car failure in the desert, we finally made it to the Grand Canyon. Even after seeing many canyons, it was...grand.


On our adventure through Arizona, petrified wood was a strangely common theme. Here's GERONIMO - the largest piece of petrified wood in the world. Thrilling...


After Geronimo was the petrified forest. While it was full of old artifacts from millions of years ago, I felt the name "forest" to be inappropriate.


After many petrified thrills in Arizona, we set off towards Albuquerque, NM and stayed with Wesleyan buddy Chris Goy.


While our time in Albuquerque was lamentably short, it gave us all a beautiful first taste of true Southwestern culture (green chiles helped).


After Albuquerque, we headed off towards White Sands National Monument. On the way, we found spirituality in the clouds.
We finally got to white sands...at night. The park was spectacular, even moreso after nightfall. The sand is really white!


Tomorrow we'll start off in Roswell, NM to see if we can snag us an alien. Afterwards, we'll take a stop at Carlsbad Caverns and head towards Texas! Woo!

Finally, a lost jewel from Bryce, which demonstrates the power of teamwork in moving large boulders.


That's all for now

J