Category: Sites along the way

We got an early start today because the weather forecast was for high winds. They were right – we had sustained winds of 25 – 30mph with occasional gusts of up to 50mph. It made the driving difficult at times and Mark was sure glad when we arrived at the campground. Despite the wind, the […]

On Wednesday, May 2, we visited Mesa Verde National Park. It was very interesting. Mesa Verde was home to the Ancestral Puebloans for more than 700 years. Their dwellings were built high on cliff walls in alcoves. Since these alcoves are protected from the elements, they are among the best-preserved cliff dwellings. There are Park […]

We had a great visit in the Denver area. Wednesday, April 26th, we had dinner with Clay (Mark’s son in Denver) and Hilary. Thursday we spent the day hanging out at the campground and enjoying the adjacent park. Friday, we spent the day with Clay & Hilary. We went to see the Buffalo Herd Nature […]

Today we did some sightseeing in San Antonio. We started at the Alamo. In 1836 the Alamo occupied the grounds and buildings of the former Mision San Antonio de Valero. Used as a military post since the early 1800’s, the Texans had barricaded opening and mounted at least 19 cannon before the 13 day siege. […]

On Saturday, May 5, we awoke to half an inch of snow and a temperature of 30 degrees. What a surprise!We drove to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. We hiked from the Market Plaza parking lot along the Rim Trail to the new Visitor Center. From there we walked back to the Villages […]

Upcoming – – – We are planning to begin our trip at the Tampa Bay Devil Rays’ first home game on April 6, 2007! Watch for our comments regarding the games here and for highlights and pictures on the each game page.

Upcoming. . . under this category we will chronicle all the non-baseball fun things we see and do.

June 9th – We visited Mt Rushmore National Memorial and Crazy Horse Memorial. We had dinner at Flying T Chuck wagon where we enjoyed a “cowboy dinner and show”.June 10th – We drove through the Badlands National Park and had lunch in Wall before walking through Wall Drug. We had dinner at the Ruby House […]