Mon. Aug. 18th... Day 66

Today we left Uncle Tom's and headed to meet Uncle Tod for dinner. It was a long day in the RV. We went out with Alexandra and Uncle Tod, unfortunately Aunt Royin wasn't there. We went out to this great pizza place. We drove for a couple more hours and stayed overnight at another rest area.

~Rebecca~

Sun. Aug. 17th... Day 65

Today we left the Walz and went to visit Aunt Jeanne and Kathryn at their house in Indiana. It was nice to see Kathryn. We stayed there overnight. It was fun to see them again.

~Rebecca~

Sat. Aug. 16th... Day 64

Happy birthday Nick!!! Today we went on a walk around Uncle Tom's property and saw all the cool lakes. We also saw his cabin which is in the middle of a renovation. Mom and I went back to school clothes shopping in Peoria while the boys went to Uncle Tom's cabin to put down the living room floor. It was a pretty exhausting day for both groups. Nick even caught a fish, it was pretty big. We did get Nick a cake. I got him a poker set, mom and dad got him a watch, and Uncle Tom got him a T-shirt. It was a fun little party.

~Rebecca~

Fri. Aug. 15th... Day 63

Today we made it to Uncle Tom's land and actually stayed in these beautiful cabins next door owned by the Walz. They were amazing!!!! There was a main room with a small kitchen, a table with four chairs, a couch, two double beds, and a stove. There was a sleeping porch in the back with two bunk beds that were really comfy.

~Rebecca~

Thu. Aug. 14th... Day 62

Today we went to see Martha, Betty and Dan's daughter. She and her son Joe live across town in a small bungalow. They were leaving for London soon so it was a little messy, but it wasn't that bad. It was really fun to meet them. After we visited them we left on our way to Uncle Tom's land in Illinois. We made it to Nebraska and spent the night in a rest stop.

~Rebecca~

Wed. Aug. 13th... Day 61

We got to Denver and are visiting with cousin Betty and Dan Rooney, Grandma Lawrence's cousins. We also got to go to a baseball game as an early birthday present for Nick. The Colorado Rockies vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks. It was really cool going to our first game!!!!! We sat eight or nine rows back from the visitors dugout!!!! It was really cool!!!!! It's way better than Hi-Defenition!!! I really enjoyed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~Rebecca~

Tue Aug. 12th... Day 60

Today we went to the Arches. It was pretty amazing to walk through them and see all the balancing rocks and other formations. I really enjoyed today. It was a little on the hot side but wasn't too, too bad. It was really cool!!!!!

~Rebecca~

Mon. Aug. 11th... Day 59

Today we went to Mesa Verde. It was really cool seeing all the houses and villages in the cliffs. Nick really liked it. I liked walking through the Spruce Tree Village.

~Rebecca~

Sun. Aug. 10th... Day 58

Today we went to Lake Powell and went to the Glenn Canyon Dam. It was really high up. It is only 7ft shorter than the Hover Dam. It was really cool! We did look at some house boats just to see what they were like. We also went to the four corners. It was really cool!!!!! Standing in four states at once was really cool!!!!!!!

~Rebecca~

Fri. Aug. 9th... Day 57

Today we went to the Grand Canyon. It was an awesome sight. We went to the North Rim and hiked around here. We stopped at every pull-off in the park. There was one hike Called the Cape Final. Mom said it was .3 miles one way, .6 miles all around. The path seemed way longer than .3 miles. We finally got there and back. Dad checked the trail length and it was actually 2 miles one way. 4 miles all around. She got it mixed up with Cape Royal. AAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Otherwise it was a good day filled with some beautiful scenery!!!

~Rebecca~

Thu. Aug. 8th... Day 56

Today we woke up and headed into Zion National Park and took the bus around the park. It was very interesting. Beautiful views and gook hikes. We headed toward the Grand Canyon and stayed in the Kaibab National Forrest.

~Rebecca~

Wed. Aug. 7th... Day 55

Today we went to Bryce Canyon and saw some pretty amazing stuff. First thing in the morning we went on a one hour ATV tour. It was cool!!! We drove around and saw all four of the recommended places to see, Inspiration Point, Sunrise, Sunset, and Bryce Point. It was amazing!!!!!!!! After we saw all that we headed toward Zion and stayed overnight just outside the park. We had to go through this short tunnel and they had to close it so we could drive through the middle.

~Rebecca~

Tue Aug. 5th to 6th... Day 53 to 54

Back Row: (L to R) Mr. McClain holding Kelsey, Andrew, Colin

Middle Row: (L to R) Mrs. McClain, Spencer, Bethany, Mom, Me

Front Row: (L to R) Gentry, Katy, Lindsey, Nick

We made it to the McClain's today. They have nine kids but Amy doesn't live at home. Then there's Bethany, Colin, Lindsey, Andrew, Spencer, Katy, Gentry, and Kelsey. Aged from 21 to 4. They're really nice kids and we had a lot of fun. We stayed overnight and and left the next morning. I wish we could have stayed longer. It was really really really fun!!!!!!


~Rebecca~

Mon. Aug. 4th... Day 52

We left Yellowstone today and headed out for the McClain's in Burley, ID. We spent all day traveling and stayed at our first Wal-Mart overnight. We went through the Tetons and they were amazing. We also went past the Continental Divide.

~Rebecca~

Sun. Aug. 3rd... Day 51

Today we drove around Yellowstone and we say some pretty amazing stuff. We saw buffalow heards and Old Faithful. We saw hot springs and geysers. We filled up most of the day with sight seeing and stopping to look at stuff. It was really cool!!!!!!!

~Rebecca~

Sat. Aug. 2nd... Day 50

Happy Birthday Peter!!! Today we made it to Yellowstone and stayed in Mamouth. We saw the some of the Mamouth Hot Springs. It was pretty amazing!!! We saw some elk just lounging around some of the buildings. We went to a mass at 6:30pm.

~Rebecca~

Fri. Aug. 1st... Day 49

We left John and Louise's house and started toward Yellowstone. It was a long day of driving and we stayed overnight at a rest area somewhere in Montana.

~Rebecca~

Thu. July 31st... Day 48

We stayed today and just hung out Nick spent the day playing with Keegan Dillon down the street. (Tom Dillon and Lori Kasander were at Ventura too) We all went out to dinner at this place where baseball players used to hang out. After we went over to Keegan and Sophia's house and watched "Nanny McPhee". We had a lot of fun staying with them!!!

~Rebecca~

Wed. July 30th... Day 47

We satyed overnight at the Ryan's old house last night and today we went down to Lake Chelan and spent most of the day swimming and playing. After the lake we headed up to Wenatchee, WA to meet them at thier new house. Nick really had fun with the kids around the neighborhood. After dinner Dylan, Olivia, Nick, and I walked down to Target and when we got back we sort of had a little concert with Dylan and Olivia on the Violin and me on the piano. It was an interesting experience. We stayed overnight in thier driveway in Wenatchee.

~Rebecca~

Tue. July 29th... Day 46

We made it to Chelan, WA today and stayed in front of John and Louise Ryan's old house. We went to a great pizza place for dinner with them and thier two kids, Dylan (10) and Olivia (6). It was really fun!!! Olivia is really cute!!!

~Rebecca~