The new year's resolutions bit the dust!

When I posted at the end of 2011, I had in mind doing at least one post each month, but life got in the way. In order to catch up again,here's a little booklet I wrote for our grandson showing him where we'd been traveling. Here goes!

Look at the blue line and you can see where we went. Can you name the different states we visited?  

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We drove through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho and finally got to Oregon. It took us almost two weeks to get here.

Our first stop was Texas.  There was a big storm the day we got there. On TV we saw pictures of trucks blown over, but we were safe.

Then we drove through New Mexico to Arizona.  We were in a desert. Deserts are dry because they don’t get much rain.

We saw birds and lizards.

This lizard looks like a dinosaur, doesn't it? 

This hummingbird is so small you could hold it in your hand!

This is our RV in Tucson. We parked in our friends’ driveway! Do you see Papa Tom?

This is Bisbee. Can you find the church? Do you see a hotel?

Next we went up onto a mountain. It was so cold that there was still snow on the ground. Do you see the snow?

Next we went to Utah. We visited another park. We rode a special bus. It had two cars and windows on top.

Then we walked on a trail. Here’s what we saw.

I think this squirrel is trying to get Grammer to give him some food!

These were very tall mountains. They were different colors.

We drove up a very windy road. It went high up the mountain.

While we were traveling, the RV broke. It wouldn’t drive anymore. Here you can see the RV behind the big tow truck.

We got the RV fixed and now we are in Oregon.

This part of Oregon is also a desert. The plants and animals here don’t need a lot of water.

Here are some of the things you can see at Malheur:

This is a gopher snake. It was over 3 feet long.

A yellow butterfly.

A baby ground squirrel. There are lots of them here.

A cedar waxwing – a pretty bird with a mask on! He likes to eat flowers. Can you find him in the tree?

Bye for now! See you again real soon.