Painted Deserts and Petrified Forests
Friday, April 30 for Saturday, April 24, 2021 As I write this, six days afterwards, I am dealing with another slow Internet connection while in a National Park Lodge. We're finding that not so good an experience, but more on that another time. We started out the morning in Gallup, New Mexico, and headed to a town called Houck, Arizona. This town's claim to fame was the mythical Fort Courage, which was the home to "F Troop," the old TV show. There were a few things to see along the way to get there. The cowboy needs a bit of explanation. He was originally on the top of a muffler shop, and you can see he was supposed to be holding something. It was a muffler. I guess the muffler shop went bust, so another company bought the structure, and he is now on top of John's Used Cars in Gallup, NM -- but without his muffler. Finally, we made it to Arizona, a little place called Lupton. The trading post was fun, and there were a few things to see in the anteroom, before enter