Day 9

We began this morning in Lincoln, Nebraska driving through a storm and we have made it home safe and sound.

After 2,700 miles, 6 hotels, 6 states, 47 license plates and many bags of snacks, it is so good to be home!

I think it will be a really long time before we attempt a long road trip, but it was amazing to see parts if the country we haven't seen before. And, what beautiful countryside it was.

- Jen

Part way home!!




- Jen

Day 8 - Our last night on the road

Lordy, Lordy I am soooooo tired of packing and unpacking every night! We drove from Colorado Springs to Lincoln, Nebraska.

After a lovely dinner at the Outback Steakhouse we are in our hotel and trying to get the monkeys to at least lay in bed. If they would just hold still sleep would come quickly.

This has been a good trip but we will all be happy to be back home and sleep in our own beds.

I'm not sure if you can see it in the picture or not, but Ben and Nate have awesome orange soda mustaches.






Good night!
- Jen

And, we came out the other side.




- Jen

Rain, rain, go away

This is what we ate driving into. Very ominous looking. The weather radar showed a giant green blob is moving through. I hope it is short lived.




- Jen

Day 7

We drove, and drove and drove and drove and 13 hours later we arrived in Colorado Springs for the night. The bed was like pudding, but it was nice to stretch out after all those hours in the car. Now I understand why people fly in and out to get to the GC. The little county roads are windy and hilly and take forever to get to the interstate.

Off to Nebraska tomorrow!


- Jen

Day 6

Okay, so I'm a couple days late with the blog. Day 6 started with the most expensive McDonald's breakfast, but ended with a great steak dinner to celebrate Jeff's birthday.

We arrived at the Grand Canyon National Park and hoped on a shuttle and started our tour. We hoped on and off the shuttle at different look out points. It was magnificent, wonder-ful and awesome because of the sheer size. I will post pictures once we get them downloaded from the camera.

I can imagine how the first explorers must have felt when the discovered the canyon.

The rangers were all very nice and the spring water we drank from the canyon wad very refreshing.

We went to the farthest west lookout called Hermit's Rest. This one was shady and had great views. We saw a few squirrels being chased away by a bird.

Thanks to Grandpa the boys were able to buy some souvenirs. Ben bought an Indian flute and a snake and Nate bought a suited raccoon that he named Ratchet and an Indian drum.

We heard just about every major language being spoken. I asked some French folks if they wanted me to take a picture of their whole group but the declined. I hope they didn't think I was going to steal their camera. After listening to them, Jeff thought the guy just didn't want the other women they were with in the picture.

We met some dogs too. One called Sassy who was a poodle mix, one called Nico who was a boxer and one called Shou Shou (which means little dog in Chinese) and she was a Pekinese. All of them were very sweet as were the owners who let the boys pet them.

It was a super hot day but luckily we managed to use enough sunscreen so no one got a sun burn!

- Jen