In the morning we headed towards a roadside attraction called Tinkertown.
Tinkertown is something I've wanted to see since our last trip, so I was pretty excited to be on our way. About halfway there our GPS told us to turn and we ended up on a dirt road through a beautiful desert landscape. The mini got pretty dirty and it was a pretty bumpy ride, but we laughed about it and kept on going.
Tinkertown itself was everything I could have wanted it to be. The building is made from cement and glass bottles, making for some great lighting and colors. Inside were displays of hand carved wooden figurines within many different scenarios. One long hallway featured an entire downtown area and if you pressed buttons, some of the figures moved. Another was a full on circus scene and the detail was incredible. Other features included Otto the One Man Band - totally worth the fifty cents.
We drove from Tinkertown through to Arizona and The Grand Canyon, staring in awe at the gorgeous painted desert landscapes. Driving through so much flatness with occasional bursts of beauty made for a very long driving day. Added to the flatness was the fact that we crossed a time zone and added an hour to our day which was both good and bad.
From the highway we saw a variety of fun billboards, one leading is right to a rock shop that featured giant dinosaurs eating mannequins:
a live ostrich farm:
and a variety of other craziness.
This was another long day and so I'm going to split this post into two - next up : The Grand Canyon!
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