We made it to Zion! Sara and Mo where here when we got here with all those cute little kids we haven't seen in over a month. Our campsites are right next to each other. Bommie and Pappa came later in the afternoon and Vickie & Virgil arrived a couple of hours after. The kids were so excited to see them. Butters too. Jen & Pete came right before dark, just in time. The kids were getting impatient to see there cousins. We watched a movie on the projector outside for a little while. The kiddos wanted to sleep in a tent since they have never slept in a tent that they can remember. Mave and Maddy made it but Makailey ended up in my bed sometime in the middle of the night. We are looking forward to a day of hiking and swimming.

We just drove and the kids played games with Don. We stopped at some pretty rest stops with great views. We made in to Utah and slept at another rest stop. The kids are excited to see their cousins,friends and grandparents today. Jeff and I can't believe our trip is almost over. we both feel like we could be gone another month. Looking foward to some nice camping.

We had an un expected stop along our route and we found some nice BLM land in Grand Junction Colorado so we had to stop and play for awhile. The terrain was perfect and the trails were fun with lots of hill climbing.

We left Dons house wanting to stop and see everything we could see. The grades where a little steep and with the new smoking brakes we went 10-20 mph up and down the Rockies. We stopped at all the rest areas we could. The views we were able to see today was breath taking. Vail was so pretty you could just imagine the life those people have. Really a place shouldn't be that majestic. The temperature changes were nice it was actually cold enough to put on a jacket in the higher elevations and hot enough to want to jump in the rivers with all the white water rafters at the bottom.

We stopped a couple of more times off the 70. They have a scenic stop every couple of miles either along a river or lake. We didn't catch any fish but it was fun trying.

We ended our stop and go day at Rifle Falls. This place was so cool we would love to camp there but it was all booked up and quite the tiny camp area. We parked on the road and walked the short walk to the falls and it didn't disapoint us. There were trails all around it so you can go under it and on top of it. They had caves that none of us were brave enough to go into. We took the trail to the top and on the way Makailey yells"look there is deer poop" There was toilet paper next to it. So now we are teasing her about the deer that wipes. We did however see a deer right at the top of the falls. On the way down the hike we heard a girl scream, oh wait Don scream because a snake ran across his foot.There is a nice rest stop with a lake right on the 70 so that is where we landed. Jeff ran down for so fishing before the sun went down and caught a fish. He is on a roll.

We made it to Colorado. We stopped by a lake so the kids can cool off a bit and then we went to Don's house to stay the night, so we can leave tomorrow and start our Colorado adventures. The tires on the trailer are wearing off on the edges so hopefully that won't affect out trip. We replaced the worst one and hopefully can rotate them in the morning. The back brakes were sounding terrible so the guys are trying to re-pair them now. Tony and Gregg I hope Jeff retained all that info from the front brakes.