As soon as we entered the "badlands" we spotted some antelope which is very uncommon according to teh tour guide!
Over rocky, rugged terrain it got VERY bumpy!! Here is a pic of Madelyn bouncing around like a bobble-head! Our guide pointed out that Carson never missed a chip, even as we were nearly coming out of the jeep!
Oops we almost lost mommy-in-law!! (I think Paul slid the guy some money!!)
The guide showed us all the food, products, remedies etc that the Indians used from all of the plants. Carson must have been listening, today Madelyn fel at the park and he pulled some grass and rubbed it on her boo-boo and told her that would make it better! On the tour we also saw a Roadrunner (another rare occurance!)Okay here was the absolute coolest part of our trip!!! We found some ancient Indian ruins. Here are some of the more than 900 pictographs and pytroglyphs found along the rock cliffs. Is it not amazing that they are still this vibrant and clear!!!
Here are some Indian fingerprints, about 900 years old!!! They show how they pressed the clay around the rocks to create their pueblo!
This is a view from inside one of the rooms.
Here is view from outside. They basically made apartments on the sides of these cliffs. One room at a time, as they built up they would use ladders to get to the second level. Hmm how many of our homes will aslt 900 years???hehe
Well we fly home tomorrow! Carson wants to stay, when we asked him why he said because there is a pool right out in the backyard!!(good point) and Madelyn has been ready to come home for days...she says she misses her friends (awhhhh!!) Annie is just a stinker, every time I ask her if she likes something or is having fun it is NO!! Tonight I asked her if she was ready to go home and hse said YES, and I want to ride in you lap!! So she remembered we were flying home i guess! Oh yeah nearly forgot!! Here is where I brag! My children are such good travelers!! We have been gone 10 days, we have put well over 1,000 miles on the rental, basically everything we did required walking or riding in a car, we have hiked miles and miles, we have skipped naps, meals, had crazy bedtimes, and they have done SUPER!!! We have made them walk for an hour to see a "rock" hehe!! I have a had a couple people say they cannot believe they are doing so well, others with teens have said they could have never done it with young ones etc. I am just so happy that we did not have to wait 15 years to see the Grand Canyon or Niagra Falls or New York City or Mexico....because our little ones have been so easy to travel with!! Okay I am done bragging!!hehe (to all three of you!!)!!
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What a great trip! And lots of great pictures to scrap!
So, the story on my friend and her April Fools' baby: Bekah is a nurse who works in delivery at the hospital. She, Shelley and I were all friends in high school. Anyway, she wanted to find out the sex but her husband didn't. Well, she ended up finding out, but didn't tell him. She thought all along (after a couple ultrasounds!) that she was having a girl. Then she was surprised when HE was born. Shelley called to tell me, and I wasn't sure ... I thought maybe Bekah was playing some April Fools' joke on everyone who knew! :)
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