Lots of pretty things roadside to photograph.....
a little town along the way - I liked the old water tower.... 
there was a pull off for a "scenic point". It was for the mission on the hill, I believe....
more pretty road side rock formations.....
and I think this was lava rock.... it looked like it anyway. It was hard to photograph!!!
I love the sky....
I turned around and saw THIS goofy face.....
back to the pretty mountains....
I caught the train coming at me....
Not to worry! Camera is ALWAYS at the ready! :)
Welcome home, kids!!
This turned out almost like I was stopped!!! 
if you look at the lumps on the dirt to the right of the sign, that is petrified wood.
You can see a body of water in the distance....
ahhhh the trees again :) I heart the trees.... :)
they must be clearing after a fire or something.... lots of trees down in this area.... 
big glorious tree....
Piper sniffing her first pine tree during a pit stop we made... they LOVED the stop!
not a great shot of the 3-some, but it's cute enough. I found a big flat rock and told them to stay... we spent time sniffing the sniffs in the forest... myself included. I couldn't help but take in several deep breaths of yummy foresty air....
all the trees in the distance....
there's the goon looking at me again...
back to the scenery....
i loved this green area.... 
and then we entered cactus country...
nearing the Salt River.....
coming into Mesa....
awesome scenery. I'm SO glad I took the route I did, and I'm SO glad I got so many pictures!!! Dakota ended up getting his 2nd leg of his RE title in ABQ, so I was pleased... we didn't score HIGH by any stretch of the imagination, but a qualifying score was a qualifying score to me! :)
Still no love for Sedona in ABQ... maybe tomorrow...
