| | Well, as you can see, I didn't get the rest of my journaling done close to as quickly as I would have liked. I am, however, attempting to finish it sometime in the very near future. 
Day Eleven
(Wednesday, July 26)
Through a misunderstanding of just what route number we were looking for, we began driving down a familiar route...and realized we were back on our way to the Grand Canyon. At this point we had to decide whether to turn around and go back to the right road, or to drive through Grand Canyon again on a "detour." We chose the detour and stopped at several points along the South Rim that we had missed on our first visit. Then we stopped outside Grand Canyon and Mom looked at Navajo-made jewelry and pottery.
From there we drove. And drove. And drove. We drove through the outskirts of Monument Valley and kept driving. Finally we reached Four Corners but, because of the time difference, the "park" had closed an hour earlier.
So we continued on into Colorado, ate supper, and found a hotel to stay at. We got to bed at a decent hour that night...
Day Twelve
(Thursday, July 27)
...Which was a good thing, because we were up early the next morning. First on the agenda - backtracking to Four Corners.  From Four Corners we went to Mesa Verde, which holds hundreds of "cliff dwellings." We entered the park and began to ascend up the 11,000 ft. mountain - without warning. Mom was less than thrilled.
We had to stop a couple times on the way to the top, but we did make it there. The cliff dwellings were amazing. Daddy and Anna ventured down into one of the underground rooms, but Mommy and I opted for staying where we could still see the sun.
We had a late lunch at the Mesa Verda cafe', and then headed to Colorado Springs. Tomorrow would be our official last day of site-seeing.
The journal's almost done. I'll finish it up next time!
(Any opinons on whether or not I should I change my photo to a self-portrait?)
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