spruce tree house (mesa verde) – 31 may 2011
On Day 10 of our trip out west, we visited Four Corners and then Mesa Verde National Park.
Out West Trip: Day 10 (Holbrook, AZ to Mesa Verde, CO)
Today’s Highlights: Standing in four states all at the same time, climbing down a ladder into a kiva in a cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde, finally getting to make smores. The sun rose *very* early because of MST. I worked for a bit while Rob and the girls got pancakes and eggs from the KOA
petrified forest – 30 may 2011
day 9 of our trip out west brought us to the Catwalk National Recreation Trail and the Petrified Forest…
Out West Trip: Day 9 (Silver City, NM to Holbrook, AZ)
Today’s Highlights: Exploring a catwalk high over a river, walking on a swinging bridge, looking at 225 million year old trees, entering Mountain STANDARD Time. We got up later than we had hoped and tried to quickly get ready to head out the the Catwalk National Recreation Trail. The drive up was a little slow.
gila cliff dwellings – 29 may 2011
The Cliff Dweelings were pretty awesome to see. Between the smoke and dust, I wonder how the people who lived there were able to breathe??
Out West Trip: Day 8 (Silver City, NM)
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 in the morning and then decided to have the KOA breakfast. It was still quite windy, so our plates and napkins kept trying to fly away. We headed out of
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, so the girls decided that they really needed their goggles …
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, we hit the road. On the way to Alamogordo, we decided to take a short detour to see some 1000 year old petroglyphs at Three Rivers. We had to wait
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 on all the lava rocks!
Out West Trip: Day 6 (Carlsbad, NM to Carrizozo, NM)
Todayโs Highlights: Alien encounters, eating in the UFO McD, walking on old lava flows. After breakfast, we worked on cleaning and packing up. We hit the road a little after nine and headed right for Roswell. On the way out, we could see the place where the brush fire had been the previous evening. In
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 the sun rose to work. Despite record high temperatures during the day (hitting 100), the morning was frigid. I wore my heavy fleece with the hood up and was still
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 — this T-rex made from car parts!! I’d love to see it al lit up at night sometime.
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 take the backroads instead of the highway. As we left Georgetown, we did have to get on the interstate — for one mile — our one mile of interstate all
chloe – 24 may 2011
Chloe is took advantage of having a tv around. Who know’s when she’ll see one again?
Out West Trip: Day 3 (Georgetown, TX)
Today was a working day for everyone. The girls had a “feast” of whole wheat waffles with flax for breakfast first. Since Chloe got her homeschooling done very quickly, she and Phil took a trip down to the river while Rob, Camille and I kept working. In the afternoon, The girls and I went shopping
georgetown – 23 may 2011
I always love these bottles sitting in a window at my parents’ house.
Out West Trip: Day 2 (Georgetown, TX)
Though we are on our “out west trip”, today was more of a hang out at grandma and grandpa’s house kind of the day. I worked for about ten hours straight, trying to get a good head start on the week. Rob and the girls decided to go do something fun, so they 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 couple of days here at my parents’ house to stock up on anything that we felt we were missing (so far all that list includes is a hat for me)
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