What State Are You In?

New Mexico...check.

One of the fun parts of this trip for the girls, is to identify each new state that we travel to. They each have a map of the United States where they color in the corresponding states once we've visited them. The only rule is that we have to actually do something in the state for it to count. Just driving through, stopping for gas, or eating lunch does not count. There has to be at least one destination within the state before they can fill in their maps. 

Colorado...check.

Arizona...check.

Utah...check.

You can imagine their delight when they learned about our next stop. The Four Corners Monument marks the point in the Southwestern United States where the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet. It is the only point in the United States shared by four states. Since, technically the monument rests in all four states, it counts as a destination for each one.

There are literally lines in the pavement that converge in the middle, in a cross pattern. We all enjoyed goofing around in what is probably typical Four Corners behavior. “Hey...I'm in Utah! Can you hear me all the way over there in New Mexico?”... “Where's the kids?... They're each in a different state!” … “My head is in Arizona, but my butt is in Colorado”. Good fun.

The girls were also interested to learn that there are still Native Americans living in our country. The monument sits inside Navajo nation, and there were vendors selling Native American trinkets all around the monument. “Why aren't they dressed like Pocahontas?” We really need to work on some more history lessons.

We're so close together, yet so far apart.