BACK HOME

We got back home at 2:00AM after leaving Sedona at 6:30 PM and a day at SlideRock Park. I was thinking leaving at 6:30 wasn't our smartest move and driving west into the sunset was less than fun. Cole was trying to extend the sun visor so I could actually see the road. The day in Sedona was fun the scenery is amazing and I actually had to pull over a few times just to take it all in. The temperature was HOT but they say it's a dry hot! does that really matter if it's hot or dry hot? It felt like I stuck my head in the oven . . . apparently my oven is a dry hot too! I've never said that the cookies won't cook in my oven because it's a dry heat!

It was surprising that the temperature drop coming up and over the mountains went from 105 in Phoenix to 60 degrees in San Diego at 1:30AM. We had great music from our iPods playing and wonderful conversation but as soon as the sun set the music was replaced with snoring from my passengers. We spend the day yesterday unpacking the car and cleaning the mess. I wasn't as organized as I usually am on these trips and the car really reflected it. I love these roadtrips and I'm sad that this is our last I could write a book on all the things to do and things not to do . . . but being that we only have 4 blog followers I think it's best if I just stick to the blog. If you need any tips or an extra passenger on your roadtrip, contact me and I'll have my bags packed waiting.

Slide Rock Photos

Slide Rock

There is a fabulous place called slide rock located outside of Sedona, Arizona.... Slide rock is a canyon with a rushing river going through it. This river has etched away at the rocks to create a natural waterside. I ran up to go down the slide and I then knew why they called it slide rock, I knew right at that second when i was fully in the air and flying towards the ground. I eventually slide around on all fours to finally get to the slide. I will post a video of my fall and sliding soon so stay tuned. So Jacquelyn and I slid back and forth with a thousand other people we didn't know. Apparently people don't wait because there was always piles of people going down the slides. As well as the slides they have rocks that you can jump off of into the water. Jacquelyn and I both loved to jump off and get the 2 seconds of free fall. Slide Rock was great! My only question is: Is my sunburn or the rocks there more red? Vote... On the far upper right corner you will see a small voting poll... vote...

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Lewis & Clark

As we drive across country we notice many signs pointing out Lewis & Clark's trail across country. This is my 10th roadtrip and we've driven to every state in the US (not Hawaii) and I've seen Lewis & Clark signs, parks, hotels, gas stations, gift shops, forests, boat rides up the Missouri River, boat trips through the gates of the Rockies and so many more. Apparently nobody else had a trip worthy of signs and gift shops. I understand that Lewis & Clark made their way across country and provided research about the land but did they ever try to check into a hotel when the town is sold out? Did they ever try to find the internet code and get the WiFi up and running on three computers? Did they ever have to figure out why their GPS insists on sending them East instead of West. Did they ever have to figure out why their flat tire indicator light keeps going off even though the tires appear full? . . . and finally did they ever try to write a blog every day and wonder why they only have 4 followers? NO!! . . . they did none of this and for those reasons and more I'd like a reassessment on the value that Lewis and Clark have brought to us. I'm pretty convinced if good ole Lewis & Clark hadn't made it across country than someone else would have done it instead. Maybe even a mom and her two teen kids. I'd like to bring back Lewis and Clark and have them set up in a mini-van in Boston and just see how fast they could get across country now . . . I bet they wouldn't make it past the Mass Pike!
Could we just take down one of the Lewis & Clark signs and give some credit to some others because we're sick of it!
Day 12 and someone is getting grumpy! when I say someone I mean all three of us. Heading WEST!

Sleepy

We're all really tired so expect a nice blog post tomorrow but not tonight..... goodnight

-Cole

Out of Kansas

I think we got stuck in Kansas! Beautiful fields of sunflowers! We started a night in Topeka and on Friday morning we decided to drive through and stay in Colorado. After only 3 hours of driving we stopped in central Kansas and stayed at the water slide. Then we made a few stops . . . including the greyhound museum. Who knew they had one but it was a greyhound retirement home for racing dogs ~ and it's better than the worlds largest ball of string museum. There were dogs walking around the museum we wanted one for the rest of our trip but decided against it.

Finally after a 6 hours of stopping and driving we entered Colorado . . . The weather dropped a bit and the scenery is much nicer. We stayed on the border of New Mexico and Colorado last night and were heading west today with a stop or two in Arizona, we think we'll be home on Tuesday.

Water Slide in Kansas

I'm skipping a day but will go back and fill in later. We stopped at another hotel with a waterslide last night. The rules are you are supposed to wait until one is off the slide before the other gets on the slide! Rules are not being followed. They have to stop every once in a while because they're laughing so hard.