Even though this is our third day, I feel our adventure really started this morning as we finally headed north. Tonight, we are in Kanab, Utah having driven through Arizona. All the country we traveled through today, was country we either had not seen in a very long time or country we had never seen so it was exciting and fresh and wonderful to our eyes.

We began in Globe, Arizona driving along Roosevelt Lake into the Payson area. The first thing I thought was entertaining was a sign that read "Mad as Hell Ranch". This set off all manner of speculation as to what the owner had to be mad about. Are they still mad? Why were they mad? Do they mean "mad" as in crazy? But since we were driving through the area of the Tewksbury/Graham feud, I decided they still were fighting that feud!

The San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff were lovely with Mt. Humphrey still clad in snow. It was unbelievably hard to pass all the wonderful and enticing venues...Sunset Crater, Wupatki Ruin and the North Rim entrance to the Grand Canyon...but it would be too easy to lose our focus on Alaska. We did, however, stop at the Navajo Bridge for photo opts. What a lovely spot. And after lunch, we stopped again by the Vermillion Cliffs to look for condors. We luckily spotted three soaring on the thermals.

Tomorrow will be even harder as we drive through Utah, one of our favorite states. I guess we will just have to wear blinders!