Our route takes us from Durango CO, through Four Corners to Flagstaff, AZ.
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On the way Four Corners, we passed into New Mexico.
Unfortunately the Four Corners site was closed for the summer due to construction. At least the site was accessible so we could at least see the four corners point.
Since the states all come together at Four Corners, it wasn't far down the road that we ran into the Arizona state line.
Four Corners is out in the middle of nowhere, and our route has us going through a reservation. There isn't much out here, occasionally we would pass a few houses, but no services.
On of the issues that you need to be aware of on these back roads is that livestock roams free. Along our path there were both cattle and horses in the road.
Along the way we ran into a little rain. It really dumped, but didn't last long. Apparently the engineers at Lamborghini didn't really plan on using the cars in rain, this is as far left as the wiper clears. However the passenger side is cleared quite nicely.
We rejoined the interstate just east of Holbrook, AZ, and right before the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park. It was still relatively early in the afternoon so we decided to run through the park. Again, these pictures don't do it justice, it's really something you need to see in person.
We were actually followed most of the way through the park by a ranger, who came over when we stopped asking if she could take a picture of the car. She also pointed out areas where we would run into problems due to rough roads and where the majority of the petrified wood could be found.
After leaving the park, we rejoined Interstate 40 going west towards Flagstaff, but had one additional stop to make along the way. Since we were going past we went ahead and stopped in Winslow, AZ.
The rain had cleared by the time we reached Flagstaff and it was quite pleasant. This is another area that we could spend quite a bit of time exploring, but our schedule doesn't permit it.
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