Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Trip Spring 2013

back home a lot of the spring thaw would have taken place.  We did enjoy some great weather here in Oregon, but I think there was a net gain in snow level at home.   
Here are The kids with their La Cross gear.  Luke and I played some catch and I actually caught a few after a while.


 Here we were about to leave for the 
mount Saint Helen's area  Jason had to work so he missed out on the trip.


















Here is Cate with Mount St Helen in the background.
 Here we are dyeing Easter Eggs.  Patsy is in charge of the spinning Dye tool.  Caleb is spinning an Egg and all the dye stayed inside the machine.  Good job Patsy!  Caleb too.
 Her own worst Critic!  Click on the picture to enlarge and see Patsy's egg.  (Also accent her facial expression.)

 Everybody gets to beautify an egg.
 Although Bear Can easily look over the table he prefers to kibitz from the floor.
 What looks better?  The Eggs or the fingers!
We then Flew To Las Vegas and we hiked across the bridge to see Hoover Dam.
 We drove through a Joshua tree forest.


 This Santa Fe Steam Engine had nearly 2.5 million miles on it going California to Chicago   I couldn't get over how big it was.  (Kingman Az)



Main Street Oatman Arizona.  The Donkeys are wild and don't charge you to take their picture.  But, they will take food if you have some to give them.



The most memorable drive was out of Oatman on Old US 66.  The road is in bad shape and you can only go about 20 in some places but it takes you through some very scenic mountain areas.

We then went to Phoenix and spent 5 days with Dad and Betty.  We ate Barbecue, watched basket ball, worked on a few projects and generally had a great time.  We got to spend some time with Aunt Ev there too and that was a bonus.

1 comment:

jenrust said...

wow! the train is really big -you can especially see that with dad standing next to it. we had fun with your visit - the kids are planning for the next time you come!