Homeward Bound

No pictures this time because we are on our way home.  We are in Tucson at the Lazy Days KOA.  But it is HOT!!!  Yesterday it was 112 and today it's 90 and it's only 9:10.  But I guess it will be hot at home when we get there.  See you all Sunday.  Love, Mom and Dad

Colorado

This is Clear Creek here in Golden.  We are parked right next to it.  The RV park is about a half of a mile from the town.  Beautiful!

This is the Animas River down in Durango.  We were going to take the narrow rail train to Silverton.  We cancelled because the train follows this river. I took this from the TV.

This is why we cancelled.  There has been a toxic spill from an abandoned mine.  The EPA caused it.  OOPS!

This is the Clear Creek again with all the people.  It's amazing how popular this little creek is.

People ride down the creek in an inner tubes.

We're curious how many people will use it on a Monday,today.

 

We didn't take any pictures up in and around Fort Collins.  We drove one day on a circle drive that went into Wyoming and back.  We drove along the Poudre River.  It was about 200 miles long. And when we got back I bought a basket of the best peaches I've had in a long time.  YUM! The drive was beautiful and I forgot my camera. But I did get to see it.  We cut a week off of our trip because of the spill.  So we'll be home on the 22 instead of the 31.  We go to Pueblo tomorrow.  Then on to Santa Fe.  See ya soon.

Wyoming

 

We stopped along the Yellowstone River to see a Clark Site. We were in Sheridan WY.  Lewis and Clark split up around here.  Lewis followed the Missouri while Clark dropped down and followed the Yellowstone until it met back up with the Missouri.  This is called Pompey's Pillar named for the child of Sacaguea .I can't spell her name.

Clark etched his name and date into the rock.  It was on July 25, 1806. The park service has covered it with glass to save it.

In Thermopolis, WY we went to a cool little dinosaur museum.  We could have gone out to the dig site and could have dug, but it was too HOT.

These two pictures were taken on my phone.  So they look a bit different.

Also in Thermopolis we drove about 30 miles out of town to the Legend Rock site. The ranger was a hoot.  She lives in her RV out there and watches over the site for 5 months out of the year.  She was a talker.  The scratches in the desert varnish are as much as 11,000 years old. 

This is a sculpture at the Pioneer Museum in Douglas, Wy.  It was a really good museum.  There was tons of stuff to look at.  We decided it was so good because it is on the state fair grounds.  The sculpture was done by a local man.

 

 

We leave Wyoming in the morning for Ft. Collins, CO. We're going to be back up high. We plan on staying in that state for about 10 days.  More later

Love, Mom and Dad