Four Corners National Monument: A Place of Supreme Significance

It’s widely known that Thomas Jefferson was a huge fan of geometry. So it's no surprise that when they were building the big puzzle of states that forms America, our founding fathers made four of the pieces touch each other forming a perfect X and Y axis. To honor this geographical landmark, a monument has been created to celebrate where Arizona, Colorado, New Hampshire and Utah all touch. Big deal…

Get out, take a picture and get back in the car. This place sucks.

Oh wow! Is that a snow cone stand? I take it all back. This is a national treasure just like South of the Border between North and South Carolina.

Detour # 4: Santa Fe, New Mexico

The drive from Amarillo, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico was one of the most beautiful stretches of land we’ve traversed so far. The diverse terrain made it hard for us to get distracted by the countless DVDs, audio books or XBOX games we brought in the van. We’ve been surrounded by plains in Oklahoma and Texas the past two days but now we are staring at exposed rock faces in mountains, plateaus, random crimson red craters in the earth and rolling hills that expand beyond our horizon as we continue hurdling West with favorable a favorable speed limit of 75 mph.

Fitted with our stylish new cowboy wear we made such great time on I-40 that we decided to make a detour to Santa Fe to see New Mexico’s capital city and famous American Indian Art.

The capitol building is 1/3 government administration space and 2/3 art gallery. It featured paintings, sculptures and tapestries by Native American artists. Downtown Santa Fe is a cool walking city pleasantly littered with more sculptures and historic sites.
We walked through the Historic Plaza where American Indians were selling handmade clothing and jewelry. We tried to go to the Institute of American Indian Art but were sent walking on a trail of tears after finding out they were minutes away from closing.

The Church of St Francis of Assisi was guarded by a bronze Statue of St Francis that made him look more like a gladiator than the founding Friar. Brendan successfully navigated his way through a labyrinth of bricks outside the church but we still weren't granted admittance. St Francis is one tough bugger.

There Worn from walking about a mile (we’ve been holed up in a car for the past two days, give us a break), we searched out some sustenance.

Cuisine Connundrum!

The Nazi/Communist Evildoer "Red Skull" has wasted no time antagonizing our adventurers as he throws a wrench in their dining plans. Hours after hanging up the phone with AAA and ordering a Trip Tix based on a semi-solid itinerary, we've found that Rendezvous BBQ in Memphis, Tennessee is closed all day on Sunday and Monday. Memphis, our scheduled second stop, is famous for BBQ and Rendezvous is considered of the 7 Meat Wonders of the World among non-vegetarian pork eaters.

This routine two-day closing of a southern BBQ restaurant can only be the work of a known Nazi/Communist saboteur. In the past Red Skull has been held accountable for his crimes against humanity and many are questioning how the International Courts will deal with him for this latest plot. World Hunger has been a growing international concern and it will be a legitimate cause for worry among the parents' of our heroes on Sunday, June 15th and Monday June 16th.

Relying on their tactical prowess, a red and white shield and the Internet, our heroes have found four new options for pig feasting in Memphis. Stay tuned to find out which of the alternative BBQ routes they will follow. Sources close to the heroes have been informed that they might have to eat at all four purveyors of juicy chopped pork as they refuse to let a Nazi/Communist monster stand in the way of meat clogging their aerteries.














A rundown of Memphis BBQ restaurants that are open on Sundays and Mondays include:
www.tomsbarbq.com
www.marlowesmemphis.com
www.leonardsbarbecue.com
www.cozycornerbarbecue.com