Changing of Seasons

Greetings from the road,

I know, we haven't blogged for an entire year? Well I have a whole bunch of excuses, but the truth is we have just been lazy and life happens. Oh did I mention we have been busy? Katlyn married the love of her life and that took a toll on us. Lol We have talked about blogging though if that counts for anything. Well anyway we are back on another road trip and enjoying each day as if it was our last. Here are some photos of the last year, then I will move on to what we have going on now.

Stopped by here on our trip to Mexico

This is Newspaper Rock, they sure had much to talk about back in the day.
This was their social media

Notice how sunny and warm it looks in the middle of winter

All of the rocks you can see are petrified wood. 

This is part of the Painted Forest. This was such an awesome place.

This is Monument Rocks in Kansas, YES Kansas!

I had to take this picture just in case I needed to show it to Jennifer.
Those of you who know Jennifer, knows she loves to collect
rocks. She did refrain from taking any so we should
all be proud of her. LOL!!

Family Christmas 2017

Hello to all, and Happy Spring! We said we would start traveling on December 1^st and we did until now. Again we have seen some amazing things and we have met some amazing people also. Oh yeah, and KatyDid got married!

Well, I think I will have to break up this blog up in to multiple parts, since we have seen so much. So here we go.

We started out by going to one of our favorite places for Christmas, Branson, MO. We started by going to a few shows. First the Dixie Stampede where to food is always great and the action is even better. Second we went to the Sight and Sound theater where the play the Miracle of Christmas was showing. If you have not been to a Sight and Sound theater before, you should put it on your bucket list now. Then of course we went to Silver Dollar City where there are shows behind every door, and roller coasters to ride between them. Silver Dollar City is an 1800's themed park with people dressed in period dress and others preparing the most amazing food, which fills the park with the smells of pure bliss. Did I forget to mention that the park was called the most illuminated park on earth by USA Today. It has over 12 million lights. We finished up our visit by going to SIX and finally taking a dinner cruise on the Showboat Branson Belle.

The family on deck of the Showboat

Katlyn enjoying the beauty

       

Then we were headed to Alabama and on to South Carolina. We spent a few days there and then headed to Nebraska for Christmas! Nothing really eventful happened during this time, because we were visiting with family and friends.

Captain loves the Nebraska winter.

So does the Subie

Now the trip back to Colorado via Minnesota, South Dakota and Wyoming simply because we had not been to these states yet. So, we finally made it to Mt. Rushmore and the Badlands of South Dakota. Absolutely Awesome! I am sure the Badlands are nice in the Summer but in the winter with snow on them they were Outstanding. The bighorn sheep and Barbary sheep were like pets almost. We almost had both parks to ourselves also because not too many people go to these places in the winter. I will stop this section here and pick back up in January.

The Badands

Only one state left

Almost home but just for a short time.

Travel Time Again!

CITY CREEK MALL

LDS temple

What is she looking at?

 Our chariot for the day

The Great Salt Lake

It is TRAVEL time again! We don't officially go on vacation until 12/01, but we did have to make a quick trip to Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City is a unique place and a beautiful place. We surely enjoyed the shopping and visiting the LDS historical sites, and the people were pretty friendly. Here are some pics of our quick trip.

Morning Drive

We went out for a morning drive while KatyDid was still sleeping. We drove down the Highway of Legends (Colorado State HWY 12) to Cuchara Pass. This is one beautiful winter morning here in Colorado.

A Travelling We Have Gone

I can't believe it is already February 2017! It seems we have not been keeping up our blog very well, because the last post was almost a year ago. It has now been almost 3 years since we started our walk across America and 16 months since we finished it. Wow, how time flies! Well, we have been busy with many things, such as finishing the season at the Bar NI ranch in Stonewall, CO. After the season was finished in late November, 2016 we decided to travel again, but this time in a car.

We ended up traveling over 16,000 miles through 15 states! We visited Branson, MO and Silver Dollar City during Christmas time. Silver Dollar City alone has over 5 million lights and 1000 trees decorated for Christmas! This has been a family tradition for many years,

A quick stop at Mammoth Springs in Arkansas

A Christmas Carol on stage at Silver Dollar City

We also visited the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, NE. The zoo has been ranked the #1 zoo in the world. If you are ever near Omaha it is well worth the visit. We visited many cities including, Savannah, GA, St, Augustine, FL and New Orleans, LA. We spent a week in Walt Disney World and a day on Avery Island, LA where Tabasco hot sauce is made. We have been on beaches in Galveston, TX, Pencacola, FL, and Daytona, FL. We have touched and fed dolphins and eaten foods that were 

great and not so great.

                                    

So after dining with princesses in Disney and watching our wallet in New Orleans and everything in between, we can say it has been one amazing winter. Well, here are some pictures of our trip. Hope you enjoy! 

Grounded Haug