Late Night Dad Post

Almost a week into the adventure and overall its been a great experience. Kids are healthy, we've survived 38 hrs. in the truck with minimal family breakdowns, weather has been great, travel trailer is working out quite well, the truck passes everything but a gas station, and even when things go awry....like today when Dad left the tour tickets at the trailer which was an hour away from the tour...all falls into place when the gracious Park Rangers let us go ahead anyway. Tomorrow we'll do an early morning hike at Mesa Verde and back on the road to Arches National Park in Utah. Mesa Verde is really quite astonishing if you ever get the chance to visit. The architecture and engineering is really impressive given the time period. The Anasazi people were peaceful....and put their energy into creating. A few of Dad's favorite pics so far....

 Great scenery and colors...Pikes Peak in the background

 What fun....sprinting down the dunes after a long, long, climb in the sand!

 

The climb is over - Nathan was quite the trooper on the long trip up in loose sand.