Today’s Highlights: Climbed up to the Gila Cliff Dwellings, watched a lizard eat a centipede, found a Hawaii license plate. We slept in a little […]
white sands – 28 may 2011
At White Sands today, we rented a sled so the girls could go sledding on the dunes. The wind was whipping sand into our faces, […]
Out West Trip: Day 7 (Carrizozo, NM to Silver City, NM)
Today’s Highlights: Waiting 1.25 hours at a train crossing, seeing 1000 year old petroglyphs, sledding on the dunes at White Sands. After an easy breakfast, […]
valley of fires – 27 may 2011
We spent the night at Valley of Fires, a campground in the middle of a lava flow in New Mexico … Chloe loved climbing around […]
Out West Trip: Day 6 (Carlsbad, NM to Carrizozo, NM)
Today’s Highlights: Alien encounters, eating in the UFO McD, walking on old lava flows. After breakfast, we worked on cleaning and packing up. We hit […]
carlsbad caverns – 26 may 2011
Day 5 of our “Out West Trip” included visiting the Living Desert Zoo and Carlsbad Caverns.
Out West Trip: Day 5 (Carlsbad, NM)
Today’s Highlights: A tortoise trying to eat corn at the Living Desert Zoo, Carlsbad Caverns, seeing a wildfire across the lake I woke up as […]
car parts t-rex – 25 may 2011
As we headed west from Georgetown, we stopped at three more “Roadside America” sights. The first was the only one that was really cool — […]
Out West Trip: Day 4 (Georgetown TX to Carlsbad, NM)
And, we’re off! (yet again…but this time for real! After some last minute work and packing, we hit the road. Last night, we decided to […]
largest chair – 22 may 2011
And we are off!!!
Out West Trip: Day 1 (Atlanta to Georgetown, TX)
900 miles and 16 hours later we have finished the first full day of our “epic road trip out west”! We’re going to take a […]
evie’s ready – 21 may 2011
We spent the day getting ready and packing up the car. And now we are just waiting until it is time to go early tomorrow […]
packing it all in
Chloe and I spent the morning buying food and getting ready to get ready. We picked up around the house, ran to the store and […]
Out West Trip: Day -1 (Packing)
Yikes! We are just about all set now! All the lists have been taken care of and now the family is relaxing, playing games and […]
Out West Trip: Day -2
The day is almost here! I’m getting excited; I still have a lot to get done, but it is getting there. We’ll be ready to […]
Out West Trip: Day -3 (Post Office)
The day is almost here! I’m getting excited; I still have a lot to get done, but it is getting there. We’ll be ready to […]
Planning a Trip: Step 4 – Make Lists
As we approach our trip, I’m in a big “making lists” mode. What have a made lists of? I know what that needs … a […]
Out West Trip: Day -4 (Sorting Electronics)
I’m starting to panic about our forthcoming trip. Granted, it is not a “sell the house, travel the world trip”, but the idea of trying […]
Out West Trip: Day -5 (More Preparations)
I’m starting to panic about our forthcoming trip. Granted, it is not a “sell the house, travel the world trip”, but the idea of trying […]
Out West Trip: Day -6 (Initial Preparations)
I’m starting to panic about our forthcoming trip. Granted, it is not a “sell the house, travel the world trip”, but the idea of trying […]