After five days we said goodbye to Albuquerque and drove to Chaco Culture National Historic Park in Northwestern New Mexico, where we hiked among some of the Chacoan great houses preserved there. After a picnic lunch we drove through the Navajo nation, passing everything from lush farmland to barren badlands, until we reached the delightfully kitschy El Rancho Hotel & Motel, capping off 330 miles of total driving.
