As usual woke the rooster. Loaded up and pulled out about 6:20am, sans breakfast.But, before leaving, one last look around the Thunderbird Motel grounds in the mouth of Canyon De Chelly
A very enjoyable place for peace and quiet. The rooms are comfortable, though small, and the inconveniences of the "historic" plumbing (i.e., shower changes from warm to hot to cold) aren't sufficient to detract from the enjoyment of the place.
I really enjoy breakfast "on the road." A little less than an hour and 68 miles later I pulled into a restaurant in Window Rock for a nice breakfast of corned beef hash and eggs. Yeah, I know, Dr. Leachman, it's a power thing; what I lack in will I make up for in appetite.
I've written before of my many and varied radio problems. Yesterday, my radio wouldn't pick up the antenna so I was without music all day. Before leaving the restaurant I played with it some and discovered that the antenna would connect when the radio was tilted upward from the right side, making some kind of connection in its cradle. A couple of broken off toothpicks later and I had radio. Of course, my luck continued, I don't get stereo, only one ear plug working, but after all day yesterday and 68 miles this morning I wasn't looking a gift horse in the mouth. I had radio for the entire ride. And that's a good thing. There is rarely anything as good as rumbling down the highway with Lynard Skynard rumpling in your ear...even in mono.
No real time for pictures today. Good thing, too, there's very little to take pictures of except interstate, though some of it in New Mexico is pretty. I managed to pick up a couple of new courthouses toward the end of the day as I went through some of the small counties. No real beauties in any of them though. There's a great courthouse in Donley County, but I'd collected it on earlier trips so there was no need to stop on this one. I'm considering going by the apex of Texas court houses on my way tomorrow. That's the one in Waxahachie. It's supposedly the prettiest in Texas. Perhaps we'll be the judge of that.
Armstrong Co. CH - Claude, TX
Hall Co. CH - Memphis, TX
Childress Co. CH - Childress, TX
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How about some more information on the Thunderbird Motel. Just where is it? And what kind of rate did you get...the AAARP rate I've sure? But it would still give a person something to go on. I like that you called out that it has wi-fi. I collect this infor in my S&T template file for future routing.
Fleeter, it was about $100/night and sits right at the mouth of the canyon.
There's a pretty good restaurant on site, and plenty of Navajo blankets, baskets, beadwork, etc. for sale.
No booze, though, as all is within the reservation. I did want a cool one last night, but no big deal. I certainly understand and support the motivation for such laws.
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