COLORADO PLAINS & FOUR CORNERS

On these plains, red predominates

Friday, August 20th.

We bunked in Durango last night, after a rich dinner of "Seriously Texas Barbeque."
In the morning we embiked west taking US 160 through Cortez, and south to find the Four Corners, where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet.

The countryside presents itself both flat and jagged. Long stretches of undulating plains, punctuated often by cliffs, promonitories, ridges and upthrust rocks of many sizes. A sense of age pervades this desert prompted by the geologic souvenirs of eons gone by.

Jagged intrusions are normal around here.

A young acrobat crossing state lines.

The Four Corners are marked by a

These boots don't lie.

brass plaque, surrounded by a circular shallow amphiteater, in turn surrounded by a circle of Navajo and Ute craft stalls, and their people selling souvenirs, fried bread and soft drinks for the swealtering tourists.

When people observed this young acrobat perform, they cleared the circle for this picture.


Barbara stepped up to the challenge of being in 4 states simultaneously. It's plain that the boots speak the truth.