Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
A local land owner in St. George, made an amazing discovery while leveling his land down to the level of the highway. He discovered Dinosaur Tracks, and instead of continuing on in the name of progress, he gave over to paleontaligists to investigate, and they discovering the largest collection of the tracks in the world. It preserved a lake that once existed and the clay was so fine that it even preserved the impressions of their skin. Amazing! And we got to see it all.



That T-rex foot was even bigger than it looked. Wow!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Grand Canyon
Utah-Sand Dunes and Volcanoes in Snow Canyon?
Leaving Colorado in our Good as New Van
Colorado-A Helping Hand up the Glacial Peak
Friday, July 25th, 2008
The Rainbow and My brother Mac were signs of encouragement to help us in our Journey. The First night in the Rocky Mountain National preserve was colder than we would have ever imagined for being in the middle of the summer. We all struggled to stay warm enough to sleep that night. So I called Mac and he met us with reinforcements of warm, blankets, sleeping bags, jacket, beanies, and gloves. That made our sleeping feasible. Thank you Mac.
Colorado-Montane ecosystem enjoyment
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
The Rockies are being infested with the Bark beetle as well. The evergreens are turning red, brown, and dying by the thousands. They are able to infest because the winter temperatures are higher and are not freezing them out. The scientists are saying it is another effect of the global warming, a few say it is cyclical, either way it is a horrible tragedy.

This the Colorado's state flower, the Columbine, and it was certainly an eye catcher.
Here we stood at the point where the mountains split the runoff water into the Missisippi to the East and the Colorado river to the West.
Colorado-On Top of the World in our Rental Car
Thursday, July24th, 2008
We most definitely keep on trekking in our new little Chevy Cobalt rental. We made it up into the Rocky Mountain National Park a day late, but we could not miss this magical land. We drove up above the treeline on the nation's highest highway, also known as Trail Ridge Road. We pulled over to explore the apline meadows and play in the glacial snows at 12,600 feet above sea level.


Alyssa the brave one, standing at a safe distance from the Elk grazing in the apline meadow, while every one else stayed in the car. She is actually standing on the side of the road with dozens of other tourists standing by in awe. It was quite a spectical.


I was captivated by the beautiful miniture bunches of wild flowers that are able to bloom in this harsh environment.

We most definitely keep on trekking in our new little Chevy Cobalt rental. We made it up into the Rocky Mountain National Park a day late, but we could not miss this magical land. We drove up above the treeline on the nation's highest highway, also known as Trail Ridge Road. We pulled over to explore the apline meadows and play in the glacial snows at 12,600 feet above sea level.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Broke in Colorado
Monday-Wednesday, July 21st-23rd, 2008
"This too shall pass."
Nothing like a little adversity to remind you of human vulnerability in this age of modernity. We blew up our transmission at the end of 12 hours of driving through Kansas and Colorado, as we climbed up t0 5600 feet elevation, just about 99 miles outside of Denver. Monday Night along side the road, Tuesday's uncertainty, and Wednesday's wait all worked out so that we had a place to stay, food to eat, and the time and resources to find a proper fix for our problem. Turns out this particular VIN of Honda Odyssey had minor problems with 2nd gear and the module that shortened its life. We are getting a Honda factory updated transmission and updated module that will bring our van back to modernity.
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