Yesterday, after a short morning at the Grand Canyon, we visited with Susan’s cousin Edith and her family in Flagstaff. They fed us a lovely lunch, and for dinner, Don barbecued up a feast for us, and for aunt Judith, cousin Walter, and his family as well. Wow! It was great catching up with them [...]
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Family Ties
Jul 20
Hawaii Five-O
Jul 18
Tonight, Emma noticed a car parked in our lodge parking lot with a Hawaii license plate, finally concluding our search for 50 state plates. Yay Emma!
Grand Canyon
Jul 18
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 [...]
The North Rim
Jul 18
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, [...]
Allen’s Trail Rides
Jul 17
On our way to the North Rim, we stopped and had lunch at a little restaurant/gift store in the last “town” before you get to there, Jacob Lake. The waiter/photographer told us that the LA Times rated one of their sandwiches (a house special hamburger) the “best sandwich west of the Mississippi” and while I [...]
Zion National Park
Jul 16
An all too brief visit to Zion was on today’s agenda. We had a relaxed morning at the camp, then drove the hour to Zion. The drive into the park is pretty amazing to begin with, including the 1.1 mile tunnel through the sandstone, which was the longest in the country at the time of [...]
We Like this Campsite
Jul 15
For two nights, we are at Duck Creek campground in the Dixie National Forest. We have finally found a campsite that seems to suit us reasonably. Not too near a highway (though surprisingly, you can still hear traffic), no freight trains, not too many bugs. Here we’ve also been able to scrounge sufficient firewood, rather [...]
Bryce Canyon
Jul 15
Today we visited Bryce Canyon, and it is an amazing place. We stopped at a couple of places for pictures, and hiked down into the canyon on a 1.3 mile loop. The hike took us past some very cool structures, as we walked down pretty steeply about 500 feet, and then of course the same [...]
Camping Redux
Jul 14
Tonight we are in Green River State Park, Utah. We made it out of Colorado (sadly), and on to our first night of four consecutive camping nights. We will be here one night only, then two nights at the next site, between Bryce and Zion, then a fourth night on the north rim of the [...]
Lazy On A Sunday Afternoon
Jul 12
In spite of the occasional threat of rain and thunder/lightning, we had a lovely, lazy Sunday afternoon here in Colorado. Uncle Mark and Aunt Rosa came home from church with us, and we enjoyed some family time together. Around mid-afternoon, Nina, Mike, and their boys, Harry and Jack came over and we headed over to [...]
