In Conclusion…

And just like that…the trip is over. 6,631 miles driven, 67 hours in the car, and 604 gallons of gas. The kids earned 20 Junior Ranger badges and gained a…

Eastward Bound

We all slept hard, and it was time to pack up the camper and start covering ground towards home.  We stayed at Arkansas River Rim Campground, and we had to…

River Runners

It was really nice to have a slow pace for the morning.  Today, we are going rafting on the Arkansas River with the kids’ Physical Education teacher, Mr. Dinkle who…

Off to Colorado

We set out early this morning to make it out to Wetherill Mesa for our tour of the Longhouse.  The drive made me a bit squeamish at certain points, but…

Mesa Verde

We left our Walmart campsite and set out for Mesa Verde, Colorado today.  From what we gathered, the campground rarely fills so we were counting on that!  We stopped into…

Sunset Crater and Wupatki

This morning, we said goodbye to Canyon Motel & RV Park and almost had a little (big) hitchhiker join us for the ride!  Andy indulged me and the kids and…

Grand Canyon

Today was the day we saw the Grand Canyon.  We wanted to get up & out early, but we were dragging and crabbiness was abound.  We did not plan this…

Route 66

The intention was to sleep in today, and we were all up by 8:30 and getting ready for the day’s adventures.  We sadly discovered chip that cracked the front window…

Travel and Rest

We awoke today in Cameron, and soon decided that we would pull out of our tight gravel site and head to Williams to find a campground there.  There was no…

Bryce Canyon

I really wanted to get up at the crack of dawn and get to Bryce Canyon for sunrise, and I was just too pooped to be mad at myself that…