day five

moab, utah, to flagstaff, arizona, 415 miles.
hothothot. hot at canyonlands national monument, though "newspaper rock" was great. a big bunch of petroglyphs on one rock. they don't know how old it is or who exactly created it, but it's nice. they call it newspaper rock because it tells a bunch of stories. hot at the four corners, but not too hot for me to stick a foot in four states (arizona, new mexico, colorado, utah) at once and take a picture. hot in keyenta, arizona, and the air-conditioned mcdonald's there was booming. they were selling huge cokes for $1; i got two. hot in the car, but kept the top up. i'm getting a road-trip tan -- brown in front and washington state white in back. canyonlands and arches were great, but there's so much beyond them. they're the national monument theme parks, but there are rock formations to ooh and ahh over everywhere. climbed to wilson arch, which is all by itself south of moab, and stood under it.
tomorrow: south to phoenix, where it was 109 today. hmmm. good night olivia in hawaii, good night mom in the potholes, good night jean...