Tuesday, July 26, 2011

July 25th and 26th, Nashville & Pigeon Forge, Tennesse

Grand Ole Opry, Nashville
Jason gammin out...

26th campsite at Eagles Nest, Pigeon Forge

Kids enjoying the pool

Josiah enjoying the wifi...


And tomorrow we begin our trek home. Two more stops and we will be resting at 158 South Third Street over the weekend!! What an amazing opportunity we have had to do this trip. We have learned so much about our country and had a wonderful time with our children. Thank you Lord, you are soooo good to us!

July 23rd & 24th, Memphis Tennessee

We went to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis where Martin Luther King Jr was assinated.

The museum is built around the motel that he was shoot at. This is the site where the shooting occured.

Memphis was a very old town. We seen more trolleys here than San Francisco.

This is where Elvis,Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis and lots more recorded their very first songs that became hits!

And, what is Memphis without Graceland!!

Guitar that Elvis used alot on stage.

The racquetball room lounge where Elvis played his piano the night before he died.

Walls and walls of hit records!

His living room

Meditation Garden, where Elvis, his parents and grandmom is buried.

Hot Springs, Arkansas


24th campsite at Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

There where natural hot springs throughout this one street. The water was 143 degrees! It didn't feel to good to us because it was 110 degrees. Can't you tell by the look on the kids faces, they are just sooo happy that I am taking their picture.



Girls dressing up in one of the shops along the street

This is in one of the Bath houses we were able to go in. They used these bath house in the 1920's to help heal people.

We came back to our campsite to cool down in the creek! The park ranger gave the kids some nets to find creatures!! And boy did they find some! Thankfully I was not in the creek. I just watched them along the rocks.


And this is what Hannah found, a gigantic leach!!! GROSS, like I said thankfully I was not in the creek!! When the ranger put it on his car, the baby leaches started coming off, YUCK! So, that was our fun in Arkansas!!

July 20 & 21 Kansas and Oklahoma City


Our 22nd campsite in Lindsborg Kansas, aka "Little Sweden"


We where the only ones camping at this local park. Here is Jason & LaRynn pretending to drive. Jason has been showing LaRynn how to drive.. little scary!!

Jason wanted to post this picture because all he does is drive and fill up the tank! As you can tell it cost alot!!!

Here is our 23rd campsite at a Casino!! Who said that nothing good comes out of a casino? We got a free campsite with electic and water... I'd say that is not bad! This casino is rigth outside of Oklahoma City.

We visited the Oklahoma City booming site....

Kids at the relection pool. This was a very educational stop for us. The park ranger explained in details what happened on that horrible day.

This is across the street from the federal building that was boomed. This site used to be a church. Instead of rebuilding the church they made this memorial of Jesus. Jesus has his hands in his face and on the stone it reads "And Jesus wept". The pillars represent the people who died, and Jesus is turned away from the site to say that He has no parts in this horrible crime. As the ranger is telling this to the people around me I began to think that here this man is giving the gospel! Not sure if he was a Christian or not but he spoke the gospel to the people!! What an awesome story! May God be praised and glorified !


You probably can't tell but it was 115 degrees that day. We decided to treat ourselves to our favorite family restaurant, Texas Roadhouse. What a great way to end a day!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

July 17th & 18th in Colorado Springs

We made it to our 21st campground in Falcon Colorado. About 10 miles outside of Colorado Springs.


We started our day out at the USA Olympic Training Center. What a neat experience to see what it takes to be a Olympic champion.

Perfect number for the Blair's(five)!

There they go, they are off!

Rocky Mountains



We really enjoyed visiting Focus on the Family. We must have spend 3 hours there.

There was a kids center downstairs from their show "The Oddesey"

Jason's highligth, the veladrome in Colorado Springs.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Las Vegas, Grand Canyon & Arizona

 Our campground in Las Vegas
 18th Campsite & counting
 The Las Vegas sign, alittle blurry but you can see it :)
Our 19th campsite at Kaibab CamperRVillage, 40 miles from the Grand Canyon













 Before we visited the Grand Canyon, we stopped to see the Hoover Dam. Truly amazing what man can do with the resources God provides!
 The girls and Jason walked across the Hoover Dam Memorial Bridge, with a span of 2,000 feet, and 900 feet down! Crazy!
 View from the bridge of the Hoover Dam, incredible!












 Here we are at the North Rim entrance to the Grand Canyon
The camera can't capture what God has made.
Jason in awe of this incredible view
LaRynn, Rachel and Hannah climbed to the top of the peak. The three to the right.
 Me and my girls enjoying the canyon.
Back at the campsite, one of Josiah's jobs!













 This was our landscape at 7 in the morning, all thanks to God.
 This was our travel scenary through Arizona
 By far Jason and I believe that northern Arizona has been the most beautiful state to travel through, just breathtaking!
 More of the famous Arizona red rocks.
 Here is us boondocking at our 20th campsite in San Juan National Forest.
We got to visit Mesa Verde, an abandoned village of the Indians from thousands of years ago.
They made their shelter through the natural cliff dwellings, making rooms that hold up to 80 people, with 130 rooms.











We are having a wonderful time together as a family, and making lots of memories. We thank God for this amazing opportunity to do this trip. We do miss our family and friends back home. Continue to pray for our safety as we travel. Look forward to seeing you all when we get home! I am reminded of God's power in Psalm 64:6 "Who formed the mountains by His power" What a migthy and powerful God we have!