Another beautiful, crisp morning and another day filled with lots of driving, we set off from the Hovenweep campground and headed to the Four Corners Monument. I had read all about this place, so I knew getting there as close to the opening hours as we could would help us to not have to stand in line for a long time. When we arrived, there were several RVs and cars in the parking lot, however, the “line” was really only a few people taking their turn getting pictures. Only a few shops were open, and we didn’t really check them out, as it all looked like the typical touristy souvenirs. However, I have to say, traveling during the off-season was such a winner for us. Only a week earlier, on Labor Day, the wait to have a picture taken at Four Corners was more than 2 hours. Now, having been there, I would have been completely horrified to stand and wait in line (for a 3 picture maximum during the busy time) for such a tourist trap memento. I’m not saying it’s not worth the $20 to say “been there, done that”, but I am saying I wouldn’t have been all smiles by the time we got to take our turn to get a few pictures taken. Do I recommend going here? That is questionable… depending on how important your time is, and what things you want to check off your list, there may be a better things to see. But overall, it was fine for us, and we now have our pictures to prove we have been in four states at once. So la-ti-dah!
Our next destination was the Grand Canyon. The drive took about three hours from Four Corners. We had a fun time on the drive because we would exchange waves and honks with all the other Cruise America RVs that were heading the opposite direction from us. I’m sure these were the travelers that had been there for Labor Day. In less than an hour, I counted about 30 of our “sisters” (Cruise America rentals) as I called them, driving past us. That did not include the plethora of other RVs that sped past that were not in our “family”!
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