Four states for three dollars! (Teec Nos Pos, AZ)

We had another short but eventful day today as we hit our second-to-last state, Arizona. We also entered the Navajo Nation today, and we'll continue to ride through it for the next couple days. We're staying tonight at Teec Nos Pos (pronounced like Tees Noss Poss) Baptist church, in a tiny Navajo community in the middle of the desert. Our hosts are very nice and it's good to be in the shade out of the super heavy heat, even without air conditioning. Here are some pictures of the desert ride today:

Bike odometer: 2690 miles

Ivey and Lee Anne, leaving Cortez (Ivey is trucking along awesomely, despite her bruised shoulder from a bad fall in the Rockies)










Ivey










Jochem and Liz, mesas













Sometimes I wish we had a geologist on this trip so that I could ask questions like "how did that happen?" (Ryan and Anita)










Ryan and me, mesas










Jochem taking a picture of Chris C because he didn't believe in those "reasonable buffet prices" (Arizona has lots of random billboards in the middle of the desert. We saw one later advertising a Taco Bell that was 74 miles away).










At the Four Corners: Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah! This was a big moment for NC2SD, given how much we love state lines. You can actually stand on the very corner, after paying the entrance fee and standing in line for a bit. We even rode around the corner in circles for good measure.










A four-state bicycle collision (Anita, Ryan, Liz and me)










After leaving Colorado, passing by the Four Corners monument, and entering and leaving New Mexico, we somehow stumbled across the Arizona state line. When they aren't etched in stone these state lines start to confuse me.










Our host site for the night, Teec Nos Pos Baptist Church










Desert sunset (Jochem and Vandy talking to someone from the neighborhood)