Mike,

Without knowing your exact route, it would be hard to make many recommendations.  However, let me give just a few for you.  Should you leave Colorado Springs and go south on I-25 to Highway 160 at Walsenburg, you could go west, which would take you through Durango and Cortez, Colorado.  Durango has the steam powered trains that go from Durango up to Silverton, CO and back.  Or, one can take the train up and a bus back.  Other options may also be available, but the time you go through may limit what distances the train will actually go.  (They have a shortened route in Winter.)  Near Cortez is Mesa Verde National Park.  That is an excellent place if you are interested in cliff houses and such of the old tribes.

Should you go further south on I-25 to I-40 and head west, the Petrified Forest National Park is located near I-40.  In fact, I-40 basically goes through the middle of the park, although one has to exit I-40 elsewhere to get to the park.  Besides the petrified trees in the Petrified Forest section of the park, the northern part of the park has the Painted Desert.  On west into Arizona, the Grand Canyon's South Rim is about 60 miles north of Williams, AZ.  Prior to getting to Flagstaff and then Williams, another point of interest off of I-40 is the Meteor Crater Natural Landmark.  Lots of folks aren't impressed with that "hole in the ground" after seeing the Grand Canyon.

If you want to get an idea of more to see, check out my Smugmug site for pictures of both Arizona and Utah sites to see, although to see Utah, you would have to go north quite a ways.  Click on "Browse" at the website home page and choose the state that you have an interest in.  (Sorry, but there isn't much there for New Mexico.)

Good luck on your trip, and may your travels meet your expectations.

Terry

osanmike wrote:

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I know about California, that is why we are just going to our friends house there. We will be spending the month in AZ & NM

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 Depending upon how the virus is raging, things may or mayn't be open in either New Mexico or Arizona.  By Mid-March the chance of getting hit with snow on I-40 is way down.  I love the museums in Santa Fe, especially the Georgia O'Keeffe museum.  Stop in Williams and take the train ride up to the Grand Canyon would be on my list of suggestions of things to do.  Also, you could stop in Winslow to see if you could find the  statue 

"Well, I'm a standing on a corner
In Winslow, Arizona
And such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my lord
In a flatbed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me". 😎