Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Bridging Four States

As we made our way north today, we couldn't resist stopping by The Four Corners. This is the only point in the U.S. where four states meet. Can anyone name them? We paid $5 person to stand in half hour line to spend 5 minutes ( or less) taking our photo. But we probably would have kicked ourselves if we had skipped it.  The Navajo Nation manages the monument and small arts & craft booths surround the exhibit.  We drove through Navaho lands on our way to Moab, Utah. It was such a desolate stretch with only a smattering of houses here and there. Such wide open spaces!  Not somewhere you want to encounter car problems! And one last side note to the 4 Corners. By modern surveying, the monument is actually about 1,800 feet east of the actually intersection. But by the original surveying back in the late 1800's to early 1900's, it was very accurate. Pretty good surveying work!

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