Day 6

Kansas & Missouri -- The Long Drive

Welcome to Missouri

(in case you can't read it)

The highlight of the drive

A night on the town -- St Louis, Missouri

Lobby of the historic Wyndham Hotel -- a great place to stay!

Final Destination: St Louis, Missouri

Day 5

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Imagine our surprise waking up to this guy cutting through our campsite.

(see video below)

Colorado River just South of the Park

Lake by the Continental Divide

Ryan in the Alpine Tundra

Elevation 12,000 feet

View as we were leaving the Park

Elk missing a horn

(Yes, we did the tourist thing and stopped in the middle of the road)

Another one for Zach

Saint Louis, here we come!

Final Destination: Colby, Kansas

Day 4

Colorful Colorado

Million Dollar Hwy

Another photo opp. Thanks for the tip, Bob!

"Engineer Mountain"

Aspen just outside of Durango.

View from Molas Pass

Silverton, Colorado

"A Mining Town with Victorian Charm" Silverton, CO

Silverton felt like a modern day Bodie.

What a fun drive!

Final Destination: Winding River Ranch, Grand Lake, Colorado

Day 3

Our Final Day in the Desert

Tourist Shop in the town of Cliff Dwellers

Mesa on Vermillian Cliffs Hwy

Cool Rocks

Oops. Colorado River from the Navaho Bridge.

Four Corners Monument Info (for the Surveyors)

Four states at once! (Ryan was too cool too do it)

How about this survey monument?

Thunderstorms!

This one's for you Zach!

Final Destination: Durango, Colorado (a fun mountain town)

Day 2

Zion National Park &

The North Rim of the Grand Canyon

Ryan @ the Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon Lodge

Charlotte @ the Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon

Sunset @ the Grand Canyon

Zion National Park

Road to the North Rim. Who thought Arizona could look like this?

Zion National Park

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Zion National Park

Zion National Park

Final Destination: North Rim, Arizona

Day 1

A day of driving . . .

Left home at 5:55 this morning for the long trip across Nevada.

Points of Interest:

* Pit stop in the booming town of Tonopah.

* Extraterrestrial Hwy -- no UFO's spotted.

* Blue sky's, poofy white clowds & isolated T-storms

* Other: Three wild horses and one fabulous breakfast at

the world famous Lee Vining Mobile station.

Final Destination: Cedar City, Utah