Saturday, November 11, 2017

Tailgating for the U





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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Mississippi


There is no Mississippi picture because their visitor center signage was poor or missing.  it would have taken us about half an hour of backtracking and it was dark by then, so we passed. Nonetheless, we entered Mississippi as the 21st and final state outside of Florida on this roadtrip.


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The Shadow Room was fun





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Race track

He beat me handily on those little wiggle cars



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Bubble Room

That's a big bubble!



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The museum had a great train display that could run over 10 trains at a time





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Children's Museum

We found an interactive children's museum ro visit in Louisiana.  Here he is running the board in the news studio



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Louisiana


Welcome to bayou country 


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Sunday, July 16, 2017

San Antonio Missions Junior Ranger





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Inside the Church at Mission San Jose





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The Church at Mission San Jose





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Mission San Jose

Notice his cool, but serious look.



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The Alamo





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Awaiting our 9:30 Alamo tour





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Saturday, July 15, 2017

San Antonio Riverwalk





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Remember the Alamo!





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LBJ National Park Junior Ranger





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And there he goes





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We now join the press conference in progress





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Air Force One standing by





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LBJ Ranch House





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Lyndon B Johnson National Park





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Friday, July 14, 2017

Texas





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Capulin Volcano Junior Ranger





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Ladybugs

There were ladybugs everywhere on the volcano rim.  There were probably tens of thousands of them.



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Volcano Rim Trail





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Huge bumble bees in the crater





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Volcano Selfie





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Deer Inside the Volcano





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Here we are at the lava capped vent inside the cinder cone of the volcano





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Capulin Volcano National Monument





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Thursday, July 13, 2017

The freshly melted runoff is cool and refreshing





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Melting snow runoff creates the Colorado River





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Looking down on snow capped mountains





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"I'm on top of the worrrld!"





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Rocky Mountain Junior Ranger





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It's so windy at Alpine that...

...its tough to keep your eyes open and your hair down.



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Alpine Visitor Center





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Colorado River at it's source





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Holzwarth Ranch House





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Colorado River by the Holzwarth Trout Lodge historical site





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Small falls by the Kawumeeche Visitor Center





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Rocky Mountain National Park





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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Colorado


Can you spot the rain in this photo?


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We don't have these sandstorms back in SFLA





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Dinosaur National Monument Junior Ranger





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The full quarry exhibit





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Dinosaur National Monument Quarry Hall





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That's a real dinosaur bone still in the quarry





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Dinosaur National Monument





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Flaming Gorge Dam





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