Monthly Archives: June 2011

Hi all! We’ve had a lovely past three days seeing Canyonlands National Park in Utah, and are now in the Grand Canyon. But we’re leaving tomorrow morning on a three day, two night hike into the canyon and out, so … Continue reading →

Today was all about Arches, a BEAUTIFUL national park in Utah. We did a 5 mile hike in the morning, past lots of neat sandstone arches, then stopped for lunch. After lunch we made the somewhat ill-advised decision to try … Continue reading →

We started out today at Bandelier National Monument. We had a wonderful time seeing the pine forests and old cliff dwellings that were previously inhabited by the ancestral pueblo people. We also had a lovely drive out from Bandelier to … Continue reading →

Today we left bright and early from the Lane’s just as the sun was rising and began our long trek through West Texas (and wind farms!), winding up in Santa Fe for dinner. A much longer and more detailed post … Continue reading →

June 19 and 20 Note: Breaking from our traditional mold, this post covers our last 2 days as we work to catch up to the present before we head into the camping leg of the trip and may have limited … Continue reading →

The morning started off with fruit breakfast at the Silvermans’. They were heading for the circus, and Sadie, one of the two little girls, made us a gift of some lovely drawings she’d done herself. We began by driving to … Continue reading →

June 17 (day 8) Today we were pleasantly surprised to wake up to a delicious breakfast being made by Mr. Bolton. We enjoyed breakfast and a bit more talking with the Boltons before we needed to head out towards New … Continue reading →