>Did you come back the same way?

No. We went to Arizona through Colorado and went home through New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma into Missouri. Then we went the rest of the way home.

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> The first time I saw New Mexico, I almost went into shock. It was bigger, flatter, and more beautiful than I expected. I never dreamed there was a place in America with so few people. Considering the beauty of the place, I can't understand why more people don't live there.

I thought the exact same thing. But I think one of the reasons is that some of the land out there belongs to the Indian Reservations.
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> In Oklahoma, I remember driving for miles on a country road where the west side of each hill had trees and everywhere else was covered with wild flowers in full bloom. It's unexpected stuff like that that makes travel so interesting.
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> I hope you see Grand Canyon next time. I had seen it a dozen times from the air before I ever got there at ground level. It blew my mind! The next time, I want to ride the train up from Flagstaff.
> Howard

It's actually kind of funny went we watch movies and all the sudden my mom will yell, "I remember seeing a place like that!" Then she'd be "What state was that?" But when I can, I'm going to take another cross-country trip and visit the Grand Canyon. Just from seeing other parts of Arizona gave me an idea of what the Grand Canyon looks like. But you can't truely appreciate it until you've been there and saw that.

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