Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - Colorado Trip - the drive up
I finally got the Colorado pictures!! YAY!!! I'll be doing a few days of pics at a time because there are tons of really good pictures taken by my mom, dad uncle, and yes, even yours truly!
We'll start on the day we left - early in the morning and we all got ourselves situated in the van, which was to become our home-away-from home for the next 3 weeks!
Rachel had a little menagerie in the far back - all the stuffed animals went to her and she made sure that they were all comfortable and not squished as mine had been up in front.
Rebekah was in the middle - in charge of the food!! We all had to be really nice to her otherwise we'd get half a cookie or squished grapes. Or she wouldn't hear you ask for the food at all.
Mom was the captain of our ship - she kept a firm and steady hand at the wheel. And a lead foot on the gas pedal. 
Our first stop on the journey was the Blue Ridge parkway - which we passed on our way to West Virginia.
I can't remember where we stopped the first night - somewhere in Missouri I think. This was all you saw of me once we stopped at the hotel.
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When we went through Kansas we knew we weren't in the east anymore!! It was really flat and boring - just like I remembered from our trip across country 7 years ago.
See? Flat. And. Boring. (No offence to those of you who live in this state... you're actually quite brave.) By the way, this is one of the few pictures I took. Please - no autograph requests. 
A cute picture of Mom and Rachel in Kansas -
And since we were in Kansas which is nice and flat - I was told I had to drive a bit.
In case you Easterner's don't know - unlike here where the speed limit is a lovely 65, from the Midwest on, it's usually 75. Which is fast. And when you have to pass trucks you have to go even faster. I was practically hyperventilating, but I managed to make it up to 82. And I have proof!!
Here we are right after I got out of the car after driving - I was relieved to be finished.
When we got to Colorado, out first stop was at Casa Bonita, in Denver. It's a rather famous restaurant in Denver, and that's about it. It's kinda cheesy, and the food isn't all that good, but they had cliff divers in the restaurant (Most of it's underground) and arcade games and treasure hunts and mariachi bands and stuff like that.
Then the girls got funny and decided to try to push me into the fountain. Ha ha.
We got to the Condos in Estes Park that afternoon and we were all exausted!! Except Rachel who wanted to explore.
That's it for today, but I'll be back tomorrow!!
Sarah Beth
Comments
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - First Leg
Posted by Anonymous
This is going to be interesting - seeing the trip from another perspective - although Rachel was very thorough, her "log" focused a lot on animals - so I will be looking to see what your focus is. Actually the photos are quite good, no matter who took them.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - Hi!
Posted by LaMereAcademy
Great pictures, we all enjoyed looking at them and reading your great descriptions. I love the part about Rebekah being in charge of the food. LOL
Love,
Mrs. LaMere
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - Traveling West
Posted by Nana
Love the pictures and comments! The animal Rachel is holding looks alive!
