Rest And Relax At The Anasazi Inn

We made it to the Anasazi Inn on Highway 160 between Tuba City and Kayenta about ten miles west of Kayenta.  it is an old structure and I am sure you all have experienced this type of out of the way motel.  Their is a small Cafe along with it and they serve a very respectable and good tasting fare.  I recommend the Motel and Cafe.

I apologize for not putting up any more pictures but the last three motels either had very poor wifi or none that worked.  I also acquired a cold going through Texas and Oklahoma, no pictures through their anyway.

Here is our rig parked in front of our motel room, does anyone remember the ‘Bates Motel’?

 

 

Four Corners Monument

Here I am in the middle of the monument, purely a tourist attraction.  Way back when I was here when it was still desert with a plaque standing, seemed more appropriate then.

 

Here is Sandy and in the back ground you see the stalls.  That is where all the vendors show their wares.  I do admit that it stuff locally made and their was nothing that said made in China stamped on the back.

 

Aztec Ruins Monument

This is a picture from the Aztec Ruins close to the Four Corners Monument, but not a part of it.  It is spectacular and I am glad we decided to stop here as well as the next location which happens tomorrow.

This is the large Kiva at the Aztec Ruins and is rebuilt as it was when it was first built.

I do not have the rest of these pictures uploaded yet and it may be that I will have to wait until I get home to do it.  Just getting these few done took three hours here at the Anasazi Inn.  And I had to do it in the cafe.  Not bad as they provided iced tea for the duration, and dinner was excellent.  Tomorrow we will end up at the Grand Canyon and probably not any further as their is a lot to see, and I am feeling better as well.  Pepper our own personal bear of a dog is doing very well sitting in the back seat and having to endure the heat, as well as having to sleep on a bed usually with me.  He tends to push me off when ever I get in his way.

AS usual please comment on my pictures and writing as I am working at doing better.  Also I will send every one a note when I get the rest of the pictures uploaded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are exhausted but it is time to go.

It is hard to leave friends behind, especially those that do not require extra effort.  It has been a great four years and I will not forget it, the work and the Springs.

 

 

A couple of pictures of The Springs that I found earlier this fall.  This one is towards the north.

 

 

 

 

This one is towards the south and the roof you see on the left is where we resided.  I will post some more pictures of the springs when I get some time to find them in the archives.  We just left Arkansas and I will have more tomorrow night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Forgot My Coffee

On my way to Jackson Mississippi for some work experience I realized that I had left my mug of coffee in the microwave.  So I stopped about fifteen minutes south of Tupelo Mississippi at the Pontocola One Stop.  Interesting place to stop, building looks like it is on its last decade of which their are a lot of in Mississippi.

Regardless Of The Looks Of The Place

The coffee was decent and it was reasonably clean.  It is not however a destination coffee location for our Saturday morning coffee stops as their are no amenities such as chairs to sit in and so forth.  Other than munchy type stuff their is no food for the morning crowd, although the counter person said they had hamburgers and a few other items starting at 11:00AM.

In Closing

The Pontocola One Stop is located about 100 yards off of the Natchez Trace Parkway mp252 on Pontocola road, has beer, soda’s and a minimum of other items barely sufficiant to serve the local populace.  Coffee is good but the station across the street has more character.  At any rate I can not call for a drive destination coffee stop due to lack of facilities, which is unfortunate, not a bad place to visit all things considered.

I finally am getting back to my blog.  I found that the blog was not a good way to show a lot of pictures.  I have though found that using Picasa is fairly easy to do and I can disseminate a lot of pictures in a relatively short time.  So if anyone out their wants to look at a lot of pictures from Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama plus a few other states please follow the url at the bottom of this post.  I will eventually put it in the sidebar but right now there is no gadget that works properly for viewing Picasa pictures.

Here now is a couple of pictures from the Cypress Swamp album and these were taken just last week.

 The swamp itself is on the Natchez Trace Parkway about twenty miles north of Jackson, MS.  It is just off of the Pearl River and at the upper end of a large lake which has up to fifteen foot alligators in it.

 Supposedly their is an alligator in this swamp but I have not seen it yet.  I have seen water moccasins swimming in the water.

These are cypress starting a new cycle.  Sandy says the one on the right is an indian maiden.  The short one looks like a turtle is trying to stick its head out.

For the rest of the pictures follow this:

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