A couple of weeks ago Sean mentioned, completely out of the blue, that he wanted to visit the Four Corners Monument where Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado meet. He had learned about it this year while studying U.S. geography and knew all kinds of interesting facts. He mentioned it several times and, being someone who is always up for an adventure, I said that we should go there on a weekend road trip and Marilyn agreed. I'm not entirely sure that I meant it when I said it but Sean definitely thought I meant it and told his parents that Marilyn and I were taking him on a road trip! How could we disappoint him? Marilyn and I decided that if we were going to go down south we might as well hit up a few other noteworthy attractions and go over the Fourth of July weekend (when Marilyn had some time off). We left early Saturday morning (because Sean thinks it is more fun to start on a road trip in the dark) and made it to the monument in about six hours. It is in the middle of nowhere. In fact, we made several wrong turns! It costs $5.00 per person (when we read up on the monument we learned that they only take cash so we were prepared). You are allowed to take pictures but you have to wait in a line. We got there at just the right time because after we had taken our pictures, the line stretched out to the parking lot! Sean wanted a picture of him touching all four states so he did a push-up (his leg is barely in New Mexico). There are all kinds of stands around the monument selling Native American crafts and they only take cash! Sean was a little bit disappointed that they had sold out of these beautiful bows and arrows (he's really into archery right now) but he did find a key chain. There is really not a lot to do here except take your pictures and browse the stalls (we were there less than an hour) but Sean was fascinated. This was his very favorite part of the trip. Go here for more information.
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