May 3, 2008

A Month of Traveling

Sorry that I haven't blogged for awhile we have been traveling. I kept telling myself to do it, but I never made the time. Here is a brief description of what we have been doing as we traveled across the country. Hope you enjoy.
After we left Morgantown, WV we headed to Nebraska to visit with Jason's grandparents. We took four days to get there. We stopped one day in Ohio on the coast of Lake Erie. The second day we headed to the southern part of Michigan and visited Weko Beach and Warren Dunes State Park. The next two days we didn't stop anywhere. We just drove.
While we are moving back to the Northwest, our friends Jesse and Lindsay were moving from Washington to Pennsylvannia. We met in the middle, in Iowa, at a McDonald's so their daughter, Natalee, and Josiah could meet. Natalee is exacly one week older that Josiah.
We finally made it to Sargent, NB. Josiah had a great time hanging out with is Great Grandma Hansen. At first he wasn't sure about great grandpa but after a couple of days warmed up to him. This is Josiah laughing at Jason's Grandma. He is sitting in the high chair that Jason's mom Debbie used when she was little.
Jason's grandparents live on a farm. This is Josiah checking out a calf. He didn't find the calf near as exciting as Grandma and Grandpa's dog. When he would see her he would giggle and his legs and arms would fly around.
After Nebraska we began our trek to Wyoming. We stayed overnight in South Dakota. I don't know if you can tell but this is Josiah and Amanda at Mount Rushmore. We were in a hurry to get to Worland that night so we just took a quick picture and left. Jason's parents live in Worland. Unfortunately I don't think I have any pictures of our time in Worland. I have some video, but I can't upload that right now. While we were in Worland, Josiah learned how to open doors and take books off the shelf. After Worland we spent one night in Cody, Wyoming with Amanda's Grandpa Rod.Josiah and Great Grandpa Rod hanging out.
After Cody we went to Lander,Wyoming to see Amanda's parents. While we were in Lander we went to the park of couple of times. Josiah had never been to a park before. He loved swinging and going down the slide.
Josiah playing in the tube at North Park in Lander.
Jason would get tired after hours of driving. So Josiah took his turn driving so daddy could take a break. Just kidding...we are stopped at a gas station. As you can tell from Josiah's expression he is very proud of the fact that he has control of the steering wheel.
After spending a couple of weeks in Wyoming, we headed down south to visit Amanda's grandparents in Las Vegas. We stopped in Zion National Park for a day and walked around. It was good to spend a day hiking instead of being in the pickup driving. The sandstone cliffs were amazing. The next two pictures were taken in Zion.
We arrived in Las Vegas late April 26th. We have done a lot since we have been here. Below are some pictures of what we have done.
One day while Grandma and Grandpa Pfaff were busy we went to the Children's Science Museum. They had a lot of cool exhibits to play with. They even had an area specially made for babies. Josiah enjoyed opening and closing the doors and trying to get at the animals inside.
We went hiking a couple of times during our stay in Las Vegas. The first day hiking was at Red Rocks National Park. This a great picture of how much fun Josiah has being in his pack exploring nature.
This is Josiah and Jason in a sandstone cave at the Valley of Fire. Valley of Fire is a state park about 45 miles north of Las Vegas. The Valley of Fire has beautiful rock formations and lots of archeological sites of ancient Native Americans to visit.
This picture was also taken at Valley of Fire. We walked a 1/2 mile trail with Grandma and Grandpa through a valley covered with pictogryphs. You can see them to the right of Jason and Josiah.
Tomorrow we are headed north to Corvallis. We plan on being there on Wednesday. While we head north we are going to stop in Sequoia National Park for a day. We have had a great trip, but we are ready to get to Corvallis and get settled in.
In other news, Josiah is getting around quite well with his inch worm crawling. He is also pulling himself up on furniture and knows to raise his arms above his head when you say, "SOOO BIG".

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey! How's life for my favorite traveling nomads? Ha ha. I remembered you saying you had a blog spot, but never knew the address until you put it up on facebook. Looks like you are having a great time!

mom said...

josiah has changed so much since he left our house. He has started to drive and can reach the top of a cave. The next thing you know he will be graduating from high school. love grandma.