Final Day of Vacation

Monday we drove from Arizona to Texas. 13 hours of dirt. The End.

Vacation Day Four - Sunday-Sunday-Sunday!

This was a busy day for us. We went to The Science Center where they had lots of hands on exhibits and fun science facts. And their newest feature was a lego castle section.

Then we walked around trying to find the Police Museum (when we finally gave up trying to find it and headed back, we found it!) but it was closed. After that we did some more driving around sight seeing, and then went to the Wiener Dog Races!!! It was held at a greyhound track as a fund raiser. The little dogs were so cute. Usually one or two out of the six at a time would run toward the finish line while the rest of the dogs just kind of muddled about at the start line! It was fun to watch though and there were lots of people there, so hopefully they raised good money.

And of course THE concert. We saw Fleetwood Mac Sunday night (which was the main point of our trip). It was awesome! They played for two hours and then came back out and played for about 30 minutes more. Lindsey Buckingham was amazing on the guitar, and of course Stevie Nicks was just beautiful! They played all the classic songs, and it was well worth the trip!

Vacation Day Three - Saturday

So what did we do on the day when we didn't have to drive anywhere?... We drove around! HeeHee. We drove to meet John's Aunt, Cheryl for lunch at Margaritaville. It was our first time meeting her, she was just lovely. She reminds us both A LOT of John's Mom. Both lovely ladies. Cheryl told us about a car show that one of the other towns has every Saturday night, so later in the evening we drove to see it. It was lots of fun too. There were lots of corvettes and lots of other cars too. John probably thought he was in a dream! Then we drove to a really cool mall and ate in the food court. Then off for ice cream, and back to bed!

Vacation Day 2 - On The Road Again

We drove and drove and drove! We drove in the rain most of the day from Roswell to Glendale, it took us a little over 12 hours but we did make a few stops along the way. We stopped in White Sands, NM, and guess what we saw... WHITE SAND! Unbelievable, I know!

As we were approaching AZ, we kept seeing billboards for "The Thing" that's all they said except an exit number; and we past lots of them! Brilliant marketing scheme I tell you, because sure enough we stopped to see what it was! First of all it is a gas station, a Dairy Queen, and a huge tourist gift shop... who'd have guessed! But there also were these big shed type buildings full of old antiques. Everything from cars to type writers to beds! So I guess those were "The Things"!
We drove around Tuscon for quite a while trying to find something to eat; it really is a pretty town. There are shapes and designs on all the bridges and walls, and just lots of neat stuff in downtown. We finally decided on a place and ate, and then got back on the road again. Our hotel this time isn't quite as nice as last time... but it also was only about half the price!!

Vacation Day One

Today we drove from home to Roswell, NM. Took us about eight and a half hours. Pretty uneventful drive, though we did pass a huge area of wind energy turbines. They are HUGE! The hotel is nice (even had cookies and milk this evening). The Alien museum was closed by the time we got here, so we will go to it tomorrow morning. We did find an alien gift shop though! We also found a real fun (and free!) zoo. The had what seemed like hundreds of prarie dogs running all over the place! They were real cute! And then we ate at Farley's restaurant, it was a real cool place, had an old motorcyle & car and neat decorations. Successful first day!!

Pre Vacation

John and I are headed to Roswell, NM (and then to Glendale, AZ) tomorrow morning. I will try to do a daily blog of our trip. Tonight we took the puppies to their Grandma & Grandpa's house in Cove where they will have their own vacation! We got home and started packing, and I think someone wants to come along...

Camping Part Deux

We went camping at Inks Lake this past weekend and had a blast! We did some fishing, hiking (ok, I didn't really go hiking, but John, Pinky & Val did), paddleboating, the boys got to swim, and of course we did alot of eating - John & Pinky are quite the excellent grillers!

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