I tried to get my breakfast at The Roadkill Cafe for giggles but they were closed and I was too early. (6:45 am) It was cold overnight and I got up at 5 am to turn on the car heat to warm up the inside for the succulents Shalini had given me. It’s very strange but those succulents have taken on a personification of being alive. I think of them as I do of Maddie!
By the time I got on the highway again I was pretty tired and realized that the visitor centers for the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest would be closed by the time I got there so I found a camp site close by and crashed for the night.