The Last Blog

We have traveled through 20 states in 26 days and driven over 10,000 miles. We started very early some days and stopped very late. We saw the worlds largest thermometer and the biggest Ferris wheel in the U.S. We saw dry lakes and snow capped mountains. We drove from sea level to 12,000 feet. We saw some old friends and met some new ones along the way (yes, in Texas too). We learned about the plight of the American Indians and how our government treated them. We followed the trail of great explorers and learned about their way of life. We learned about the condor and the ring tail. We saw bison and deer. We can identify the lodge pole pine and a douglass fir. We learned that a giant sequoia is a very soft tree. We all became Jr. Rangers ! We found that 5 people can live in a minivan and eat out of a cooler 90% of the time and survive. We found out that now matter how hard you try mother nature will prevail. (Sunrise at Bryce, cloudy, Sunset at Long Beach, cloudy).We drove over tall mountains called the devils backbone and a million dollar highway and lived to tell about it. We have seen one of the smallest towns in the United states ( South Pass, Pop 04) and some of the largest cities. We saw real cowboys. We have seen how the ultra rich live and the very poor live. We have learned that we must preserve today for the future (the reason the National Park service exists). We spent a lot of money. We had a great time!