Tuesday, June 25, 2013

West

Grand Canyon
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Sequoia National Park
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Inside a sequoia tree.
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Breakfast
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Yosemite’s Bridal Veil Falls
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Yosemite Falls
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Kings Canyon
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We have seen so many gigantic, mammoth trees in Sequoia and Kings Canyon that I can’t remember what we saw where.
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Elephant Seals on the Pacific Coast
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 Glen & my sister Coleen on the beautiful Pacific Coast.
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 At McWay Falls …
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… Clair Bleu did an en plein air of this scene.
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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Zion National Park

Just northwest of the Grand Canyon we took a shuttle bus through this park.
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Remember the “Highlights” magazine? … In this large picture can you find … me?

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I love the nostalgia and colors of Route 66.
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And here’s my street out West.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

From Here to There

Life … On the Road Again

We had a preview of Grand Canyon at this stop at Little Colorado River.
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Coleen is mesmerized by the size of Grand Canyon.
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In the tower at Grand Canyon.
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Deep and wide, deep and wide, …
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Each is trying to take it all in. Emily, Glen, Claire, Mother, Coleen, and Polly
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This canyon is massive.
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Yes, we got through without scrapping the top.
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Our Route 66 Experience
We had a good breakfast here on Route 66.
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Dustin and Gabriel, this picture of a teardrop camper is for you all.
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The ceiling and part of the walls were covered with dollar bills, and other things.
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We stopped at Sileigman for a memory back in time. I remember when we had a 1958 Edsel that was black with red wings, push buttons for the transmission, and how I could hardly wait until we would get a new car so that it could sit out behind the barn so I could “drive” it, push the buttons and turn the steering wheel.
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In this large picture, can you find … Glen?
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It seems like we stop to get gas way too often!
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Hackberry’s General Store on Route 66
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Mother remembers the old wringer washer and was telling me how she had to turn the crank to feed the clothes through the wringer into another tub.
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Emily
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The ceiling inside at Hackberry’s.
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Out back was an old shop with more antiques.
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These Berma Shave signs were also behind the store.
BIG MISTAKE – MANY MAKE -- RELY ON HORN -- INSTEAD OF BRAKE -- BERMA SHAVE
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And just look at this old Corvette. The man inside the store said it’s worth $150,000.00
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Hoover Dam
A small scale model showing how the concrete was poured for the dam.
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Hoover Dam
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Wonderful electricity.
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It was hot out there, 110 degrees.
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We saw our “ride” from way over across the dam coming to pick us up.
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The new bridge over the Colorado River at Hoover Dam.
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… as a Quilter

I love the bright colors, lines, and designs …
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