Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Nymph Lake
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Estes Park CO
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Buena Vista CO
Friday, June 26, 2009
Great Sand Dunes National Park
From the rim
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Good-bye, Oklahoma
The kids and I are in Panera again, enjoying some lunch after visiting my mother-in-law at the nursing home. Ken and his Dad went golfing this morning.
Tomorrow we hit the road again and head west to New Mexico (my first time!) and then into Colorado. We'll be staying at Clayton Lake, NM, tomorrow night, then visiting Great Sand Dunes National Monument in Colorado on Friday. Then we'll be driving through the Colorado mountains and meeting Ed's sister Kath and her husband, Don, for dinner Saturday night. Next, we'll be spending 3 days at Rocky Mountain National Park. I just checked the weather forecast - highs in the 70's and low's in the 40's!! It's been over 100 every day here in Oklahoma, so we're looking forward to the cooler temperatures. Finally, we'll have 4 very long days of driving to get back home, hopefully arriving by the 4th of July.
I hope to be able to send pictures again starting tomorrow....but we'll see if that group of Verizon people finds us again in the mountains!!
Tomorrow we hit the road again and head west to New Mexico (my first time!) and then into Colorado. We'll be staying at Clayton Lake, NM, tomorrow night, then visiting Great Sand Dunes National Monument in Colorado on Friday. Then we'll be driving through the Colorado mountains and meeting Ed's sister Kath and her husband, Don, for dinner Saturday night. Next, we'll be spending 3 days at Rocky Mountain National Park. I just checked the weather forecast - highs in the 70's and low's in the 40's!! It's been over 100 every day here in Oklahoma, so we're looking forward to the cooler temperatures. Finally, we'll have 4 very long days of driving to get back home, hopefully arriving by the 4th of July.
I hope to be able to send pictures again starting tomorrow....but we'll see if that group of Verizon people finds us again in the mountains!!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
In Oklahoma
No, we didn't fall off the face of the earth - we just moved out of Verizon's network. I can still make calls but can't send pictures. As my Mom said, "What happened to that group of Verizon people that are supposed to be following you around like in the commercial?" Well, apparently, they only came as far as Memphis, then deserted us!
I have some great photos to post as soon as I'm able from our day and night spent in Arkansas. We enjoyed meeting up with friends in Little Rock for a smoothie break, then drove to the top of the highest point in Arkansas - Mt. Magazine - to camp for the night. We loved Mt. Magazine! (thanks for the suggestion, Laura!!) In the rest of AR, it was 95, but on top of the mountain, it was cool and breezy. The campground was the nicest we've ever seen, and the views from up there were amazing!
We arrived in Oklahoma Friday evening and are staying at Ken's parent's house. These visits are difficult now, with Ken's Mom in a nearby nursing home but wishing she were at home. We bring her back to the house as much as we can while we're here and try to provide some home-cooked meals.
Our brother-in-law, Tim; nephew, Matt; and grand-niece, Maddie are also visiting from Texas (Tim's Dad is in the same nursing home as Ken's Mom), and we really enjoyed spending Saturday morning with them. It was great to catch up and finally meet Maddie, who is 4 years old but speaks as if she were an adult! I have a nice picture of all of us that I'll post when I'm able to again.
Well, it's time to leave the wireless internet at Panera and head back to the house. We're having a nice steak dinner for Father's Day. Ken and the boys plan on going to Frontier City tomorrow for some rollercoaster fun. It's supposed to hit 100 degrees by Tuesday here, but they're staying cool in their friend's pool next door.
Happy Father's Day!
I have some great photos to post as soon as I'm able from our day and night spent in Arkansas. We enjoyed meeting up with friends in Little Rock for a smoothie break, then drove to the top of the highest point in Arkansas - Mt. Magazine - to camp for the night. We loved Mt. Magazine! (thanks for the suggestion, Laura!!) In the rest of AR, it was 95, but on top of the mountain, it was cool and breezy. The campground was the nicest we've ever seen, and the views from up there were amazing!
We arrived in Oklahoma Friday evening and are staying at Ken's parent's house. These visits are difficult now, with Ken's Mom in a nearby nursing home but wishing she were at home. We bring her back to the house as much as we can while we're here and try to provide some home-cooked meals.
Our brother-in-law, Tim; nephew, Matt; and grand-niece, Maddie are also visiting from Texas (Tim's Dad is in the same nursing home as Ken's Mom), and we really enjoyed spending Saturday morning with them. It was great to catch up and finally meet Maddie, who is 4 years old but speaks as if she were an adult! I have a nice picture of all of us that I'll post when I'm able to again.
Well, it's time to leave the wireless internet at Panera and head back to the house. We're having a nice steak dinner for Father's Day. Ken and the boys plan on going to Frontier City tomorrow for some rollercoaster fun. It's supposed to hit 100 degrees by Tuesday here, but they're staying cool in their friend's pool next door.
Happy Father's Day!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Natchez Trace State Park TN
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Red River Gorge KY
Natural Bridge Ky
Monday, June 15, 2009
Hillybilly Hotdogs
Audra State Park WV
Sunday, June 14, 2009
On the road again!
