We're BACK~~~Our Trip out West by Numbers

     I know my blog has been pretty empty the last 2 weeks...my family (including my mom and dad) have been on a trip of a lifetime out WEST!  Here is a quick synopsis...by the numbers:

        2 nights with friends  (How great to see great friends from college/seminary!!)
        5 National parks
        6 souvenirs (just for me)
        8 hamburgers eaten by my youngest
        9 days that I counted as "school days"
             10 nights in hotels
       11 states (not counting our own)
       13 days on the road
       35 new birds logged by my oldest son
     773 pictures taken by me
  5,000 miles driven
10,600 feet...our highest elevation

And here are a "few" pictures....

 

 

"Pops" on Rt. 66

"Cross" in Grooms, TX
(Lots of statues...all the events surrounding the crucifixion/resurrection....WONDERFUL way to spend our Sunday!)

St. Francis Church in Santa Fe, NM

Lunch in Santa Fe

 

My oldest son and dad....taking any and every opportunity to birdwatch!

Durango-Silverton Train

 

 

 

 

Mesa Verde

 

 

 

Climbing up from the Kiva. 

 

Monument Valley

 

Ain't She GRAND??

Bryce Canyon National Park

Arches National Park

 

Fall in Colorado

 

Last Stop.....the Gateway to the West!  (or for us the Gateway out of the WEST!)