Volcano rocks!

Bandera, New Mexico!


































































Your pictures tell where you've been!!!!
Where have you been lately?

Lava, Lava and more lava!

Randy and Aaron examining lava along the trail to the volcano!

















Gotta' get to the volcano!
















Lava covers the ground all around the volcano
















Up, up, up...to the top of the volcano...but watch out for the lightening!!!



















What did you see today?

Bandera, New Mexico....Volcano and Ice Caves?!?

Fire and Ice....New Mexico!!! The Bandera Volcano accompanied by the Ice Caves! Doesn't heat melt ice?!? What the heck?!

Sign from the road leading to the volcano and the ice caves

Don't miss the turn!

The road leading to the ice caves and volcano

Bandera, New Mexico

A Big Hole!!!!!!!!

Impact Crater! Hit by a meteor 50,000 years ago!

A theft, a basket, and evidence of impact! Apollo on site!!!!

The meteor did what, where?!? What happens if one like it comes again during our lifetimes? Stay connected to find out in upcoming blogditions!
















Touching a tiny portion of the actual meteor that his over 50,000 years ago!

Basket Meteorite is another portion of the metor that hit. It was stolen in the 1960s and wasn't seen until 2006.

Basket meteor!

A tribute to Apollo!

Lunar surfaces, blazing, "Gone with the Wind" style sunsets, and strange igloos in the desert! Williams, Arizona

Sunsetting over mountains near Williams, Arizona

Venturing home we decided to stop and check-out a place called meteor crater which is a relatively unknown place in Arizona. A meteor impacted this location in Arizona approximately 50,000 years ago....and yes, some scientists do believe that people inhabitated this region at that time (others disagree).

The enomority of the crater surprised us! Along with the knowledge that this is one of the few craters that have been positively identified as being caused from a meteor. Nasa used this area to train Apollo Astronauts to visit the moon. The interior of the crater and the

Long forgotten house-near Williams, Arizona surface at the bottom of the crater are very similar

to the moon!

Meteor Crater RV Park-main office

Flora of the Northern rim and fauna too-Bison can be seen all around

Bison (aka buffalo) at the Northern Rim

















What do you see outside of your windshield? On the way to the Northern Rim
















Twisted and tangled tree....kind of like life sometimes!
















Flowers of the Northern Rim
















Aren't they beautiful

What have you seen today?

Grand Canyon- North Rim

The amazing power of water!!!!!













A window formed by erosion
































What's around the bend?
















Standing on top of the window (seen above)

Grand Canyon- The Northern Rim! Will you be the one out of 10 to experience it?!?

The Northern Rim of the Grand Canyon! Truly an amazing sight. Only one out of 10 visitors to the Southern Rim ever see the Northern Rim. The Northern Rim is 1000 feet higher in elevation, less crowded and more spectacular! The day this photo was taken the view was a little hazy due to a nearby controlled burn.

Randy enjoying the view!

Aaron and Caylin enjoying the canyon

Photo op! Just watch out for bears!

The road to the canyon. Nothing can be better than seeing this except seeing it with friends!!!!

Old Tunnels, Big Horned Sheep and the Entrance to Zion!

Welcome to Zion National Park! It is well worth the scary road into this National Park

















After the 1 mile tunnel through the mountain (finished in 1930) you encounter another scary road. Check out the guardrail....I'm not sure it will keep you from falling into the canyon.
















If you have a tall or wide vehicle, you have to pay extra so the tunnel can be shut down and you can drive down the middle of the tunnel. The tunnel was finished in 1930 and was designed for smaller cars.
















Big Horned sheep in Zion

What beauty have you seen today?

Bryce Canyon...squirrels and fossils and chipmunks; oh my!

Ruby's near Bryce Canyon...check out that petrified tree stump...it can be yours for a mere $8500.00 :)

Is it a chipmunk or a squirrel?

What is your guess?

Check out those roots! They've evolved to survive erosion!

Looks like a backdrop doesn't it?! Nope, its the real thing...Bryce Canyon

***The answer....a squirrel...it doesn't have the white stripes across its face too.