Trip Days 5-13a

Days 5-13

June 1-9

White Sands, NM to Phoenix, AZ

Over the next few posts I'm going to go through our time a Grandma and Grandpa's (The point of the trip, remember). We arrived Friday, the 1st and left Saturday, the 9th. Most of the time we spent swimming and eating and talking.

We always build at least one jigsaw puzzle when we go to G&Gs.

Finally...Pictures!

I finally figured out how to get the pictures compressed, so here are pictures of the trip to White Sands National Monument. I tried to get a video of us rolling down a hill of sand but I got an error. I'll try again later.

Video Test

This video is a little test. It may not work for all of our readers. It's of the New Mexico Forest I mentioned in the last post.

Update / Day 3-4

I haven't been able to post for a while. As I was trying to post about our first trip, we went on another one. We just got back from a trip to Pisgah National Forest in the Smoky Mountains. I'll post on it later.

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Day 3

May 30

Monahans, TX to Carlsbad, NM

100 miles

We had a short trip today so that we could have plenty of time to go into Carlsbad Caverns. We also came back to the caverns later to watch the bats come out. We have plenty of pictures of the cave but most of them didn't turn out because of the dark conditions down there. Besides, I'm having trouble compressing the photos. We just got a new version of Windows Vista and because of that I don't have all my photo software back on the computer.

End Day 3

Day 4

May 31

Carlsbad, NM to White Sands, NM

100 miles

Today we went to White Sands National Monument/Missile Range, but before I tell you about that I have to tell you about the trip there. I will soon be able to post video to the blog (I'll do an experiment in a minute) but for now you will have to let words suffice. In the middle of southern New Mexico is the most amazing forest, Lincoln National Forest. We didn't take any pictures only video (how could we?). White Sands was a pretty amazing place. You know its cool as soon as you drive in and you see the sign that reads, "Road closed for missile testing when flashing."
That's a real sign. The sands were awesome.

(This picture is not compressed so it may take time to load)

We happened to be there on a blue moon, and it was awesome to be there on the white sands with a full moon.

End Day 4

Happy Independence Day!

We would like to wish everyone a very happy Independence Day!


GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

Trip Day Two: TX

Day Two

May 29, 2007


Tyler TX to Monohans TX

450 mi


Today we ate breakfast at the Tyler campsite. It sprinkled a little bit but not bad. We did have to drive through some pretty bad rain storms once we got on the road. At one point a lightning bolt struck the road between us and the car behind us. Sometimes we were driving at 40 mph on the interstate. We stopped at Monohans Sand Hills State Park for the night and had grilled chicken and baked potatoes.

End Day Two

Back home/Trip Day One: AL-TX

We made it back. We got home Tuesday afternoon after a two week trip to Phoenix and back. It was a great trip. Over the next few days we'll do posts about the days of the trip (remember 'Countdown to Christmas'?). Today I'll do the first day of the trip.

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Day One

May 28, 2007

Birmingham AL to Tyler TX

500 mi

Today was the first day out. We left home some time between 8 and 9 in the morning. This is day in which we travel through the most states: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and some of Texas. There are no odd adventures to report. We eat breakfast in the van and lunch somewhere in Mississippi. Tyler is about 1/5 of the way in to Texas; it's half-way between Dallas in Louisiana. We pitch camp at Tyler State Park around 5 pm.

End Day One