Day 2

Willa has the same love of rocks and sticks as her beloved big sister.
They spend all evening finding pine cones, sticks and leaves and
throwing them into the fire. Mary Grace now says she wants to build
fires when she grows up. Hmmm. We took a short hike Tuesday...short
because we only have one baby backpack. The girls took turns with one
riding in the pack while the other cried about wanting to be in the
pack. The trail was called "Scenic Overlook" but it wasn't that
scenic, and it looked across at a towering cliff wall so it was more
of an "underlook." The Day was saved when we found a hot springs pool
in a nearby Town and swam ther for 3 hours. Everyone went to sleep
easier the second night after roasting hot dogs on another of Daddy's
perfect fires.

Cell Service for a bit

We're driving through a town with cell service on our way to the
largest flat topped mountain in the U.S. So here's an update. We set
up camp on Monday morning. OUr sit is about 20 yards from a raging
river, the name of which I won't even attempt to spell. It's great
listening to the water although I'm a little nervous whenever the
girls wander that direction. Evelyn keeps repeating my mantra "The
river is DANGEROUS!" We swam in the lake the first day, which was icy
cold, but fun. We ended the day with burgers on the fire and Evelyn
screaming herself to sleep as apparently she didn't realize we were
going to sleep in the tent we spent so much time setting up.

good morning!

It's 50 degrees this morning and we are watching the sun rise over the
mountains on colorado! Breakfast stop in Aztec coming up.

somewhere in new mexico

The drive from Fort Worth to Amarillo on 287 was gorgeous. We drove
toward a flaming sunset looking at rich green farmland and peach
orchards. We saw lots of thriving small towns with busy grain mills,
long long freight trains, and mom & pop stores. There was a herd of
camels grazing in a pasture like cows in Wichita Falls. Someone will
need to explain that to me. As the last of the sunlight dimmed we
drove through the town of Goodnight. Perfect. Then I brought us
within 20 miles of running out of gas at 11:00 at night in the middle
of nowhere in New Mexico. We're filling up now and Jason says I'm
fired from driving.

fuel for the humans

We had a yummy picnic dinner at an awesome rest stop in Quanah Texas.
On to Amarillo. Molly's turn to drive. Watch out!