The Ultimate 7 day Grand Canyon Road Trip
5 States - 7 Days - 3000 miles Day 1: Saturday – July 22, 2017 Fly Charlotte – Albuquerque Drive to hotel near Mesa Verde, CO 4 to 5 hours 1 st night – Super 8 Cortez, Co 1:49 Arrival in Albuquerque – eat, go to Wal-Mart or wherever 4:00 pm Leave for Chaco Culture National Historic Park 3hr. 1 min. 8:00 pm Arrive at Chaco Culture National Historic Park – open until sunset 8:20 9:00 pm Leave for hotel 2hr. 46 mins. 11:00 pm Arrive at Super 8 Coming out of Dulce, NM we got a flat tire which put us behind schedule some. Luckily the park was open to campers, so it really didn’t “close”. We stayed until we couldn’t see any more. The drive to Cortez, however, was very dark and the street signs in NM are terrible. I think we missed our turn, but someone managed to reroute to the hotel. There is no cell service in many parts on the trip, so make sure to print out the route or mark up an atlas. That’s right! Do ...