It was great to sleep in a big, comfy bed, take hot showers, bathe the kids and do some much needed loads of laundry. "Pop Pop and Ducky" fixed us a great big breakfast of bacon, eggs, pancakes, fresh fruits and coffee. Their home has a cowboy and Indian theme throughout, so we enjoyed our time as the first overnight guests at the Wild West B & B of Scottsdale near The Boulders.
We took our time visiting and digesting our wonderful breakfast and got on the road around noon. We made a stop at Montezuma Castle and took pixs and checked out the ruins. The kids earned Jr. Ranger badges, certificates and activity books for completing 2 projects while at the ruins. It was misnamed through the ignorance of white explorers and the name stuck--much like the name "indians". At least the modern day white explorers are willing to pay to see the ruins, misnamed or not, so they'll be preserved. The kids were fascinated and we all learned a lot. We'd hoped to see Walnut Creek cliff dwellings, too, but we arrived at 5:05 and the park was CLOSED-chain locked and blocked! Oh well. Now we plan to stay at Holbrook KOA, a camp ground near the border of New Mexico, and see the petrified forest early tomorrow. We'd hoped to get beyond Gallup tonight, but all the parks seem to have the same crazy close at 5 policy and this is some of the last, best natural scenery we'll be near.
Since today was another big drive day, I'll list some of the trip kid funnies:
This has been a few weeks of rapid vocab. development with lots of new word exposure. Sometimes the words get a bit mixed.
Sage, after swimming in Aptos: "I have to take a shower to wash all the chalet off my body." (chlorine--chalet is the RV name :D)
Sage, at Pop Pop & Duckie's after eating her first half of a chocolate dipped biscotti: "Don't eat my biscoyote! I want to save it for later."
Dugan at Montezuma after learning that the original inhabitants made sandles from Yucca plants: The ranger was quizzing the kids to get their Jr. Ranger badges and he asked Dugan what the sandles were made from and Du replied, "The Ick Bush." (It was pretty close to yuck. We got a good laugh outta that one!)
Creative imaginings: We've all been a bit snotty and sneezy from pollen since arriving in S.F. On the 2nd day when everyone woke sneezing, I said, "Hey, nobody's getting sick on vacation. No sneezing allowed!" Sage replied, "We have to sneeze or the monster on the ceiling dies. He's a friendly monster and every time we sneeze it keeps him alive." How can a parent argue with that?!
We took our time visiting and digesting our wonderful breakfast and got on the road around noon. We made a stop at Montezuma Castle and took pixs and checked out the ruins. The kids earned Jr. Ranger badges, certificates and activity books for completing 2 projects while at the ruins. It was misnamed through the ignorance of white explorers and the name stuck--much like the name "indians". At least the modern day white explorers are willing to pay to see the ruins, misnamed or not, so they'll be preserved. The kids were fascinated and we all learned a lot. We'd hoped to see Walnut Creek cliff dwellings, too, but we arrived at 5:05 and the park was CLOSED-chain locked and blocked! Oh well. Now we plan to stay at Holbrook KOA, a camp ground near the border of New Mexico, and see the petrified forest early tomorrow. We'd hoped to get beyond Gallup tonight, but all the parks seem to have the same crazy close at 5 policy and this is some of the last, best natural scenery we'll be near.
Since today was another big drive day, I'll list some of the trip kid funnies:
This has been a few weeks of rapid vocab. development with lots of new word exposure. Sometimes the words get a bit mixed.
Sage, after swimming in Aptos: "I have to take a shower to wash all the chalet off my body." (chlorine--chalet is the RV name :D)
Sage, at Pop Pop & Duckie's after eating her first half of a chocolate dipped biscotti: "Don't eat my biscoyote! I want to save it for later."
Dugan at Montezuma after learning that the original inhabitants made sandles from Yucca plants: The ranger was quizzing the kids to get their Jr. Ranger badges and he asked Dugan what the sandles were made from and Du replied, "The Ick Bush." (It was pretty close to yuck. We got a good laugh outta that one!)
Creative imaginings: We've all been a bit snotty and sneezy from pollen since arriving in S.F. On the 2nd day when everyone woke sneezing, I said, "Hey, nobody's getting sick on vacation. No sneezing allowed!" Sage replied, "We have to sneeze or the monster on the ceiling dies. He's a friendly monster and every time we sneeze it keeps him alive." How can a parent argue with that?!
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