We’ve made it into Oklahoma, where we stopped at the first exit and had a picnic lunch. The visitor center was very nice and modern, with clean restrooms. The weather had cleared up almost completely, so the picnic was very enjoyable. The kids played in the grass
and even got to feed some horses over the [...]

We just passed by the “Largest Cross in the Western Hemisphere.”

We are passing through the small panhandle of Texas, having spent the night in the small town of Vega in our favored Comfort Inn. The morning weather today is rainy, but they seem to be glad for it in Texas. Amarillo is the only big city we will pass through en route.

One of the places on our list of places to stop has long been the Rattlesnake Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Having a snake of our own (Bobbi, our Ball Python), has fascinated us, and what better way to learn more about snakes than a visit to the Rattlesnake Museum.
Most of the snakes there were [...]

We made it to one of the more strangely spelled stops on our way home. We hit Old Town Albuquerque (a quaint part of town stuck in a bit of a time warp) a little before lunch, and stopped in the Visitors’ Center for some ideas of what to do while we were there. We [...]

The Best Western is hosting us tonight in Gallup, New Mexico. We stopped at our customary Comfort Inn, but were thwarted by the out of commission pool.
The drive out here today from Flagstaff was an interesting one. It started with our attempt to visit Slide Rock, then continued up I-17 to I-40. We took a [...]

Standing by the Pizza Hut in Winslow, Arizona.

Here we are at last! The south rim is what most people apparently consider the Grand Canyon proper. Oh well, the North Rim was very nice, too. And our campsite was great, except for the part about Tyler getting lost, and the rowdy group that was being loud until past midnight. I’m not sure which [...]

This morning, we drove from the Duck Creek campground to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. It was very exciting to just get to the park entrance, as this is in a way the culmination of our trip. We stopped at the Visitor Center, then took in a couple of quick views, [...]