part III

We had a fun time in Rocky Mountain National Park.

The time had come to be on our way. We had a date with the Rockies in Denver. On our way we stopped by Buffalo Bill Cody's grave.

After we arrived in Denver, we showered, ate, and walked to the Rockies game.

Some of us got a little bored at the game.

Here are the kids checking out the bull pen.

Colorado lost, which made Joel happy.

The next day we headed out to Utah.

Colorado sure is beautiful.

Here is one of our typical lunch stops (this one was in Fruita, CO).

The kids know how to cool off in 100+ temperature. They were able find a sprinkler at almost every rest stop.

In Fruita we went to Dinosaur Hill, which sounds more exciting then it actually is.

This guy was pretty cool (this is the closest thing to a dinosaur that we saw).

Finally, the car is in sight!

After dragging the kids through the dessert in the heat of the summer we thought they deserved something to cool them down.

Good-bye Colorado

A pronghorn.

Our new campsite.

This campsite was along the Kokopelli trail. We had the place all to ourselves.

The boys had fun putting their scouting knowledge into action.

Miles received a "hobo tool" for his birthday. It sure came in handy.

The kids had fun playing cards.

While the kids played cards Nate found the route for his morning bike ride.

We had a nice family game of cards (nothing like a family game of BS). Emily (not pictured) won.

With all of the action during the day the kids had no trouble falling asleep at night.

Good-morning!

Time to hop on the bikes.

Here are a couple of friends we made at our campsite.

The boys showed us the way out of the camp ground. They rode a couple miles to the paved road.

Off to Moab.

Moab has some awesome bike paths that go through the town, which are perfect for the kids.

Our little vultures.

It started raining while we were at Arches.

Riding the goats.

Riding the lizard.

After Arches NP we headed up to Grandma Odie's house, which we lost most of the pictures with Grandma. But on a bright note Elam had his birthday while we were out and about.

We went to IHOP and Miles was being Miles.

Balloons for everyone!

For Elam's birthday Nate took the boys to a bike track nearby. They had a lot of fun and Nate had fun playing with the camera.

All of the kids picked something that they wanted to do on our trip. Miranda wanted to go to a dinosaur museum. So that is what we did.

We had a good time.

Swimming at Aunt Kathleen's (where the camera died, thus loosing the pictures at Grandma Odie's house).

Cedar Breaks National Monument