A Beautiful Flight, A Crater-Side Picnic and Wonderful La Posada Hotel

There's nothing like a Federal government shutdown to get your blood circulating in the morning when you're in the middle of guiding a National Parks tour!  Cat Herder went from the bed to the computer to review various bits of news, a few Chambers of Commerce websites, and many alternate destination possibilities.  In the end, I settled into the day at-hand, and ushered our group from Moab to Winslow, over spectacular southeastern Utah and northern Arizona (see the track).  It's such amazing country out here--Canyonlands, the Painted Desert, Navajo and Hopi country, Monument Valley.  Kinda makes the rest of your troubles go up in smoke.