Lisa
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Hello Yellow Brick Road
We left Texas and are back in Kansas, can’t you tell? Liberal, KS has a replica of Dorothy’s house. Other claims to fame for this town; the International Pancake Race and the world’s largest book in front of the library.
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Meredith Lake
We made our way to Meredith Lake, TX. We passed a huge copper refinery right outside of Amarillo that spins the ore from Mexico and Peru into wire. We drove by the Alibates Ranch lands – over 187,000 acres- and enjoyed the farm to market and ranch to market roads that got us off I-40.…
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And even more dinos!
We found another dinosaur museum in Tucumcari, New Mexico that Tony patiently let me wander through. This was the Mesalands Dinosaur Museum and Natural Sciences Laboratory run by Mesalands Community College. Wow—what a program they have here. I was impressed with the collection and the paleontology and geology these students get to be involved with.
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Welcome to Wildlife West
We are staying at an RV park near Edgewood New Mexico and visited Wildlife West Nature Park where they house rescued endemic animals. At the nature park, we learned that grey foxes climb trees, and the black bear was a triple offender in a state park where he kept breaking into coolers to get human…
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Dinos were here, too
We spent some time at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science during our second day in Albuquerque. There are so many dinosaur finds in New Mexico! And they also had an exhibit on chocolate.
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Albuquerque
We make our way to Albuquerque, New Mexico. There are charming courtyards all over Old Town including a jewelry store that my mom would love, and a Breaking Bad store with a museum (free!) and tours available. After spending time in Old Town we spent the night at the Harvest Host Crabtree Property with a…
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Route 66
We stayed at an RV park in Gallup, NM, where I did laundry and Tony got in some quality work time. We walked along the historic Route 66 and imagined what it would have looked like when we were tikes and the hotels and restaurants with their really cool signs were in their heyday. Did…
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Yellow Car Country Wines
We left Utah on a windy canyon and mountain forest road with lots of “wiggle waggles” that was fun to drive. Through Harvest Host, we spent the night at the Yellow Car Country Wines in Cortez, Colorado. Their drink menu is extensive, and we enjoyed flights, glasses of our favorites, and a cheese plate. We…
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Canyonlands National Park – The Needles District
Most of the hikes in this part of the park are long and strenuous. We had three ladders today, and this one was the scariest as it put you out on a ledge over the Lost Canyon we were hiking to. Good workout:) There is evidence of ancient use of this area. Fire-blackened overhead rocks…
