Wednesday, December 3, 2008
what i've found out about Lightning Field
It's a three hour drive from Albuquerque to the middle of nowhere. A caretaker hired by DIA then drives you another hour to the site. It's best to go midweek early in the visiting season because you share the cabin with a total of six other people - unless we want the shared experience with others. The cabin does have three bedrooms and two baths though. Do I sound like a travel agent yet?
It's windy as hell with rugged terrain = no high heels.
Proposed Itinerary
Day 1: Fly to Salt Lake City and find a motel.
Day 2: Drive approximately 100 miles to Golden Spike National Monument and Spiral Jetty. Spend a full day there and return to a motel somewhere near there off I-15 or back in SLC.
Day 3: Motel in Wendover, Utah. See the Bonneville Salt Flats and CLUI.
Day 4: Lucin, Utah - Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels. Start the drive to Panguitch, Utah (approximately 5 hours) and find a motel there as it is the Gateway to Bryce Canyon.
Day 5: Bryce Canyon National Park. Stay in Cedar City, Utah.
Day 6: Zion National Park - if that takes a long time, we can stay in St. George or drive all the way to Overton.
Day 7: Double Negative. Stay in Overton.
Day 8: Lake Meade and Las Vegas (roughly an hour away from Overton).
Day 9: Las Vegas.
Day 10: Hoover Dam & West Rim Sky Walk of the Grand Canyon. Stay somewhere near or in Grand Canyon National Park (DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS? OR DOES IAN?)
Day 11: More Grand Canyon during the day. Stay in Flagstaff that night.
Day 12: Roden Crater. Stay in Flagstaff that night encore.
Day 13: Drive through Petrified National Forest to Quemado, New Mexico (4-5 hours from Flagstaff).
Day 14: Lightning Field (45 minutes from Quemado).
Day 15: Albuquerque (3 hours from Lightning Field).
Day 16: Albuquerque? or drive to Santa Fe.
Day 17: Santa Fe.
Day 18: Santa Fe to Amarillo (5 hour drive).
Day 19: Cadillac Ranch and Amarillo Ramp.
Day 20: Amarillo to Marfa (8 hours).
Day 21: Marfa!!
Day 22: Marfa to El Paso spending significant time swimming at Balmorhea State Park.
Day 23: Leave El Paso.
Day 2: Drive approximately 100 miles to Golden Spike National Monument and Spiral Jetty. Spend a full day there and return to a motel somewhere near there off I-15 or back in SLC.
Day 3: Motel in Wendover, Utah. See the Bonneville Salt Flats and CLUI.
Day 4: Lucin, Utah - Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels. Start the drive to Panguitch, Utah (approximately 5 hours) and find a motel there as it is the Gateway to Bryce Canyon.
Day 5: Bryce Canyon National Park. Stay in Cedar City, Utah.
Day 6: Zion National Park - if that takes a long time, we can stay in St. George or drive all the way to Overton.
Day 7: Double Negative. Stay in Overton.
Day 8: Lake Meade and Las Vegas (roughly an hour away from Overton).
Day 9: Las Vegas.
Day 10: Hoover Dam & West Rim Sky Walk of the Grand Canyon. Stay somewhere near or in Grand Canyon National Park (DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS? OR DOES IAN?)
Day 11: More Grand Canyon during the day. Stay in Flagstaff that night.
Day 12: Roden Crater. Stay in Flagstaff that night encore.
Day 13: Drive through Petrified National Forest to Quemado, New Mexico (4-5 hours from Flagstaff).
Day 14: Lightning Field (45 minutes from Quemado).
Day 15: Albuquerque (3 hours from Lightning Field).
Day 16: Albuquerque? or drive to Santa Fe.
Day 17: Santa Fe.
Day 18: Santa Fe to Amarillo (5 hour drive).
Day 19: Cadillac Ranch and Amarillo Ramp.
Day 20: Amarillo to Marfa (8 hours).
Day 21: Marfa!!
Day 22: Marfa to El Paso spending significant time swimming at Balmorhea State Park.
Day 23: Leave El Paso.
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