BTMO–day 1, 2, 3

This is our back to Missouri (BTMO)  journal.  I meant to update each day but when your sleeping in hotel room – can’t do much after Ty goes to sleep unless we get a suite so it didn’t happen. 

Day 1 : Las Vegas, NV to Tuba City, AZ
Today we drove about 4.5 hours to see the Grand Canyon before driving about 2 more hours and staying at an Moenkhopi Lodge in Tuba City, AZ.  Of course we visit the Grand Canyon the one day it’s rainy and the visibility was only 93 miles – compared to double that in the winter.  We’re hoping to steal some pictures from Jeremy’s parents (who were there the day before) and claim them as our own.  We did get some cute shots still and Ty loved climbing on all the rocks and trees (Grandma – you might want to skip ahead and not look at some of these pictures.)

getting tired…

How big is the Grand Canyon?  thhhhhhhhhhhhis big!

kisses for mama? ha – denied!

He loved all the puddles along the trail!

Day 2: Tuba City, AZ to Albuquerque, NM
Today we drove to Four Corners Monument – took a couple pictures, Ty fell down – and we left.  We were there probably 10 minutes.   It was cool to see though and now we can say we were there.  I tried to get Ty to do a table on the four corners but I think he was nervous about all the other people there so we took a family shot and headed on to Albuquerque. Not much else to say about this day – the drive was very boring and there was nothing to look.

Not happy about sitting on this circle with everyone looking at him.  You can’t tell because of the shades – but he is not a happy camper.

Before the fall…well actually this is the fall.  Got a cut on his hand and bruised up his knees – funny he felt much better 5 seconds later when he got fruit snacks.

Day 3: Albuquerque, NM to Amarillo, TX
Today we drove to Tucumcari, NM to see the Dinosaur Museum and eat lunch at Del’s.  Two years ago when my mom and I moved my sister to California we drove through here and stayed a night.  It was a Monday and everything in this small Route 66 town was closed.  So, two years later we were able to visit the Dinosaur Museum and eat lunch at Del’s.  The museum was small but cute and the food at Del’s was amazing!  Jeremy had a huge country fried steak and I had chicken strips with homemade REAL mashed potatoes.  And for dessert we had what they called a chocolate rupture cake – it was chocolate cake topped with chocolate cheesecake with white cheesecake bits inside and chocolate chunks on top.  Ahh….so good! 

Digging for dinosaurs!

Climbing into a brontosaurus footprint.

Before we got to our hotel in Amarillo, we stopped by Cadillac Ranch – of course to leave our mark.

I had some spray paint left over from a project earlier this year and it just happened to be in the back of the truck.

After finding Cadillac Ranch by Chris LeDoux, we listened to it on the walk up to the cars.

So, Ty spray painted his first masterpiece on the hood of a Cadillac today.  He thought it was the best thing ever!