El Malpais.

More miles today.
Not as many,  
 driving into the sun is tiring.
 But the views in the badlands were spectacular!
 Mesa means something to me now.
We saw some friendly natives
and some weird (and HUGE) rocks.
 I am not used to mountain being singular,
 but it happens.
 One needs people in pictures to begin to fathom the scale.
 We went through El Malpais.
 Translation: Badlands.
Beautiful Badlands. 
This courthouse's town was closed due to power loss. 
We hit the AZ border and made it an early day. 

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