Clouds, Chimney Cakes and Departure

 Billings, MT   High 82  Low 60

As you can tell (if you look at my weather location), I am really far behind in posting blogs. So this post is a little bit of catch up and a little bit of travel.

First of all some cloud pictures. During the summer in AZ, we don't often see clouds so it's always a joy for me when we do have them.

Also before I left town, Pat and I had chimney cakes. Jim and I had them a few years ago but Pat had never heard of them. So we headed off for a really great treat.

Chimney cake, also known as Kürtőskalács in Hungarian and Trdelník in Czech and Slovak, is a traditional sweet pastry from Eastern Europe known for its hollow, cylindrical shape resembling a chimney. They cook them when you order and then fill them with all kinds of good stuff.

The temperature in AJ is going up and it is time for me to get on the road heading north. 

My first stop was in Gallup, NM. Made for an easy day of driving to get me back in the swing of things. I really wanted to go to the Code Talkers museum. Easier said then done. I headed towards the museum but there was a wreck completely blocking the road with ambulances and firetruck plus police. So we were all turning around and I had no idea any other direction to get to the museum. 

I drove out to Red Rock Park to see what it offered. Nothing happening that day but took a few pictures of the beautiful red rocks.

 

Figured I'd make one more try to get to the museum and this time the wreck was cleared and the road was open. Found the museum and went into the building. The receptionist was super nice but she informed me that the museum was actually closed because they were holding some kind of conference of the Navajo Nation. So after a couple of pictures, I gave up. Checked into the hotel and relaxed. Hoping I have better luck with tomorrows stops.

 

 I really like this mural on a building in downtown Gallup.

 And I found this building to be interesting. I did not go into it.