Today was filled with reminders of 9/11/01. Flags we flying, many at half mast. Social media and TV was filled with stories survivors and those that were taken from us. After breakfast we headed out to a big flea market near our house. Good thing we were loaded up or I’m afraid Ed and I would have made many more purchases!! We drove out to the Wyoming Visitors Center on I-8, the Lincoln Highway. The Lincoln High was the first transcontinental highway running from New York to California. The highest peak on the road is near Laramie and is called Sherman Summit. Its elevation is 9,000 feet above sea level. In 1959, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, a giant bust of Lincoln was created. You can’t miss it if you are driving by. ... read more

Sunday, September 8 - Monday, September 9 We spent the night in Casper, WY at one of the nicest Super 8 Motel’s I’ve ever been in. In addition they were so kind and helpful. They helped us carry our luggage to our rooms and Offered tips on getting our tires fixed. They even had a coin operated washer and dryer do we could do laundry!! Couldn’t have asked for a nicer place to stay! We weren’t in any hurry since our next stop was only 2 hours away. We knew we had to address the tire situation (needed a rim and tire to continue on). We went to WalMart Tire and Lube. Our only other choice on Sunday was Sam’s club. We were able to get a new tire but no rim. None of us wanted ... read more

We started our day with breakfast at a local eatery called Camaleons. The food was great and the waitress was delightful!! When I travel I like to stay away from chain restaurants if possible. I always research or ask about local eateries! After breakfast it was off to the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest. The Painted is so named because of the beautiful colors. It starts out with the browns, reds, and oranges then turns to the blues and grays. As you drive further southwest you run into the Petrified Forest. The petrified forest is full of archaeological digs, fossils, ancient petrified wood, petroglyphs, and Pueblo dwellings. It was beautiful!! Next stop was Four Corners. Four Corners Monument is the only place in the United States where four states intersect: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and ... read more

Today Terry and I had to attend a sales presentation in the afternoon so we needed to find something to do that was near enough that we could be back by 1:30. We decided to go to the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. The Hoover Dam sits on Colorado River on the border of Nevada and Arizona. It was built between 1931 and 1936 and was originally called the Bolder Dam but was changed to the Hoover Dam in 1947. It is a major tourist attraction with nearly a million visitors each year. The Hoover Dam supplies electricity for Los Angeles and several surrounding states. It also supplies water for over 18 million people. The Lake Meade Reservoir is the largest of its kind in the United States when it is full. . Several movies have ... read more

Today, following breakfast, we headed out to Bryce Canyon. As we are driving we see so much and every area is different. As we were driving to Bryce we went around a bend and suddenly everything was this beautiful deep red color like we had never seen before. We immediately pulled off the road and took pictures. We learned we were in the Red Canyon. We just were in awe at the land forms, rocks, mountains, hoodoos, and natural bridges. This was just a precursor to what we would see once we got to Bryce. When we entered Bryce, we stopped at the visitors center to pick up maps and formulate a plan. We were really on a time limit as we had packed a lot into our day. The first place we stopped was Bryce ... read more