1530 miles from home.
We had a “fun” day geocaching. The first one went smooth as silk and then part way towards the next cache the PDA went kaput. Didn’t realize how dependent we were on it. It is kind of tough to find something when all you have are just it’s coordinates, but I’m sure some advanced cachers relish that challenge, not us. We did manage to find one other one near Farmington, NM in a field near an elementary school.
We did manage to snag two mighty fine meals today. Lunch in Farmington at a place called the Deli Factory. Donna had a beef, green chili & potato soup and I had a Tortilla Hamburger. The hamburger needs some explaining, it was a tortilla on a plate with a thin beef patty (almost as large as the tortilla) on top, covered in shoestring french fries, then smothered in green chili sauce and topped with cheddar cheese. Dinner was at the Dolores River Brewery in “downtown” Delores (pop. 857). We split a Selfish Salad and a great thin crust pizza.
One of the places on the agenda for tomorrow’s drive was to visit the Four Corners Monument, but it turns out that it is not in the right place: X doesn’t mark the spot1. Still going anyway…
Gotta be careful with that geocaching thing. Locally, authorities visited a dam and discovered what they thought was a pipe bomb. Only later did they admit it was a “device used for geocaching”.
Of course, they shot it (or blew it up) to be sure.
See the story at http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/local/article/possible_pipe_bomb_found_at_the_ware_shoals_dam/16816/.
Next thing you know they will be prosecuting the folks who placed it for causing a public terror…