Full of hot air

Tuesday September 23…. Day 43 New Mexico is warm at 7am. Lazily I went into the convenience store for coffee, juice and fruit. We ate breakfast and shuffled into the trading post just after they opened their doors. The two-story gift shop was littered with wooden beams and indian artifacts mostly pottery and jewelry but theContinue reading “Full of hot air”

Petrified and Painted

We continue our tour of the nation’s parks, something we hadn’t planned on but after Mount Rushmore have made it our mission to visit as many as possible along the way. We’re loading our sashes with badges and patches galore! Monday, September 22 Day 42 We woke up surprised at the base of a mountainContinue reading “Petrified and Painted”

A Canyon is Anything but

What’s in the Grand Canyon? Nothing. Or is there? This place is filled with many things one of the most beautiful places in the world (my world) is filled with magic. Beauty. The awe-inspiring look on first time visitors (mine included) reflects out of this trench in the earth. A trench dug out of theContinue reading “A Canyon is Anything but”

A Grand Old Ride!

Friday September 19….Day 39 From Las Vegas we begin our journey back east and our first stop? The Grand Canyon. I didn’t want to leave. Today, we cleaned up and ate lunch before we left our campground. We drove until dinner and then again until we reached our current destination, Williams, AZ. A railroad town,Continue reading “A Grand Old Ride!”