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Trip #2 – Four States, Four Corners, Four Parks, Four Days. 4 Days: Santa Fe, Grand Canyon, Four Corners, Arches National Park, Colorado National Monument, Rocky Mountain National Park.
This trip is called “Four Corners,” because not only will you be in four states in four days, but at one point, you will be in all four at the same time. This is one of my favorite trips. Hour for hour, you will not get more beauty on any roadtrip in such a short time. Day 1 – Fly into Albuquerque, NM. We want to go to Santa Fe or Taos, but if you fly there directly, you just doubled the price of your vacation. So, fly into Albuquerque, rent the car, and begin the hour drive North to Santa Fe. It is over 70 miles, but with a ridiculous speed limit, you will be there in no time.
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I
have seen this trip advertised by tour companies at THOUSANDS per
person, and over a week long. Let’s do it for under a thousand dollars
combined for two people. 
Noon.
Let’s assume that you took a morning flight. If you started on the
East Coast, you gained a couple of hours, so 2 PM just became Noon.
Upon arriving in Santa Fe, you will notice that it’s very different
than many places you have been before. By law, every business and
building in Santa Fe has to be adobe. Even the parking garages. As for
MUST SEES in Santa Fe, I couldn’t pinpoint one in particular. But,
just walking around the Plaza and Palace of the Governors is worth the
trip. Take your time strolling around, and enjoy or purchase the
Native American art that is being peddled in the plaza. Also, be sure
to sample some really good New Mexican Food. The Guadalupe Café is
very popular in town. It’s mighty tasty, and is pretty cheap. It
closes after lunch, so get there by 2 PM. Santa Fe is really nice, but
you will find that two hours there is plenty to get the flavor. But if
you want, take a third hour by going to the Georgia O’Keefe Museum,
Museum of Fine Arts, or if you just want history, the museum at the
Palace of the Governors. There’s much to do outside Santa Fe such as
horse riding. But if you want to stay there for a while, you should
probably stop reading my travel tips. 
It’s
about 3 PM … time to start the 457 mile drive to the East Entrance of
the Grand Canyon. You can drive this in about 6 1/2 hours … 7+ with a
stop for dinner. So, that would get us there tonight. But, on
experience, I have to tell you … there are some times when I just
don’t feel like driving a million miles. In this case, it’s a matter
of how you feel. If you feel good, drive more. For me, I would
generally stop an hour or two at a hotel outside of the Canyon, and
finish the drive tomorrow morning. If you want to stop really early,
in Holbrook, AZ there is the famous Wigwam Motel,. Here, you can sleep
in a makeshift wigwam. Great for comical pictures.