To read about the entire road trip be sure to read Part 1, 3, and 4.
After Great Sand Dunes National Park we headed to the Black Hills for a week of fun. Keeping with our lunch in parks theme we stopped at Library Park in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Oh my word…this is a gorgeous town! Or at least the area around Library Park is. So much green everywhere and huge trees lining every street. It reminded me of something out of a movie. Read more
On each of our trips my favorite parts almost always are not the reason why we are on the trip. That was once again the case on our most recent road trip. Our destination for this trip was South Dakota and the trip centered around Mount Rushmore. In looking for a place to stay about halfway in between our house and South Dakota I came across Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado and boy am I glad I did! It was the perfect start to our vacation. Read more
Our weekend consisted of camping, fishing, flying kites and playing with worms. Life doesn’t get much better than that in my opinion. Read more
Roper Lake is in southeast Arizona near Safford. I was really impressed with Roper Lake. Roper has RV sites, camp sites and even cabins. Read more
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is near Wupatki National Monument just outside of Flagstaff, AZ. It is estimated that Sunset Crater last erupted sometime between 1080 and 1100. Read more
Wupatki National Monument is just outside of Flagstaff, Arizona off of US 89. I have lived in Arizona my entire life and am just now finding out about some of these gems. Wupatki was established to preserve the Citadel and Wupatki pueblos and back in its day this was a happenin’ place. We were here on a school trip and not only was I impressed, but the kids all seemed to enjoy the monument. Read more
I have spent the last couple of months studying for a test for work and it has consumed all of my free time. Now that the test is behind me I am planning to spend more time on me. If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy. I need to get back into a regular exercise routine and what better time to start than before I fill up my free time again. Read more
For the first half of this trip read the making the best of a situation post.
We had such a good time in Albuquerque and wish we would have spent our entire week here. After a rough first half of the trip Albuquerque was a breath of fresh air. Our reason for visiting Albuquerque was to attend Balloon Fiesta but we found there is so much more to do! Read more
The theme of this trip was go with the flow. The trip didn’t exactly go as planned but if you do something often enough things are bound to not go as planned occasionally. Read more
*For the beginning of this road trip check out Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
After Sequoia we headed to Yosemite. Yosemite spans nearly 1,200 square miles but the majority of the visitors stay within the seven square mile area know as Yosemite Valley. Many of Yosemite’s well know features can be accessed or seen from the valley. Read more