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Grandma and Grandpa's Adventures

Sunday, May 16, 2010


We went to Dodge City Kansas on our way to Topeka. The restoration was okay but the old Knotts Berry Farm 40 years was a lot better. Not much happening and the town was quiet.




One of the old jails was still up on "Boot Hill". Mary finally let me out.




Back to school for Mary. I had desk similar to these when I was a kid. Cute school house. Cute girl in class.




This might be a small temple and it is B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!

These pictures are out of order. I'll figure out that the first one I add to the blog must be the last one to show up on the page. Anyway, we took a hike down into the canyon to ge closer to the "white house" dwelling. It was a nice short hike and the views were spectacular. To think that people actually lived here 800 to 1200 years ago is mind-boggling. How did they do it? Why did they do it? Where did they go?




























This is the trail DOWN.
















We started about 7:30 am and came back up a little before 10 am. We stayed down in the valley for about a half hour. It was a fun hike for us.



We are at Canyon de Chilley near Chinle Arizona. There are indian dwellings in the crack along the cliff. We drove along the canyon ridge and viewed 13 lookouts. Each lookout had a different view or different dwellings to look at. I'm amazed anyone could live so high on cliff. Some were near the top but still in the cliffs.










Having fun seeing the sites.












This is called "Spider Rock". It's 800 feet tall.











Trailer parked in Chinle. Nice free park with no hookups.














This is the Snowflake Arizona temple.













This is the Snowflake Temple. It's a pretty temple.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

We're thankful for the blessing of this trip. We're having FUN!

I'm very blessed. Mary loves to cook. We ate at a steakhouse and had a very good steakdinner but Mary said she would have rather bought a good piece of meet and cooked dinner in the trailer. She (and sometimes me) have fixed most meals in our kitchen on wheels until we got to Teresa's home. Teresa is also a good cook too. She's fed us and has taken very good care of us.


Can you see the petroglyphs? These were also in the Painted Desert area. Very interesting!