El Rancho Hotel and Petrified Forest NP - Day 2 of TX-CA-TX Road Trip
This was a road trip we did together with my 19 year old son in August of 2020. We drove close to 5K miles from San Antonio to California and back hitting many different attractions on our way. A lot of planning went into it. I have created a detailed Google Sheet itinerary with driving directions, reservations, sites to see etc. which worked perfect, we followed it every day. Since then Google Travel has become more sophisticated and I am planning to add it to my trip planning tools. Our first day was a long drive from Texas to ALBQ. Day 2 first stop called for the Acoma Pueblos - The Sky City , but they just closed access due to Covid-19. We will definitely check this place out on our next trip. El Rancho Hotel Our next stop was El Rancho Hotel in Gallup on Route 66 where many western movie stars have stayed in the 1950s and 60s. I really hoped to get some guidance to local sets, but no hotel employees had a cluse the visitor center was closed. For the life of me even after hours of