Friday, September 18, 2009

Our Awesome Vacation

My hubby took a few days of leave so that we could take our time driving to our new assignment. What a great trip we had!

Our first stop was Isaiah's Place. We love you Diane! We had a nice lunch with friends we consider family.
















Next stop was my sisters house. And Sprout got to play with her cousin. Aren't they a pair??

We had so much fun just hanging out.










Our last stop was Palo Duro Canyon. WOW! Here we hiked behind our tent spot. Beautiful place.












This is another shot behind our tent spot.













We enjoyed dad campfire cooking for us. Yummy!

I took this picture for Papa. This was a pretty nifty grill made out of an old wheel.














We then took horses down thru the canyon. Everyone really enjoyed this, including the baby. The guides said it was the first time they had a baby that small not go to sleep on the ride. I was very proud of my troop. Even little man did awesome and lead the group.








Sprout riding with dad.













And lastly doing some hot dog cookin' at the campsite. We had so much fun we can't wait to do it again!











We packed up camp and headed to Amarillo to enjoy one last day in Texas. We stopped at the FREE local zoo. Very impressed. Very clean and fun, even though small.

This was a tortoise we caught a glmpse of.








This guy was the girls' favorite, of course. He kept flashing his lips at us. Too funny.
















They even had wild cats, including these lions.












And this lonely longhorn. I did not zoom this picture. I was that close. Beautiful animals!












Our last stop was the American Quarter Horse Association Museum. Cool place! My favorite part was the book shop of course! Sprout couldn't get enough of the horse ride. She actually rode this moving horse by herself . . . over and over again.








We finished the trip with one last night in a hotel. Then on to our new home. A very memorable trip!

1 comment:

A Joyful Chaos said...

Looks like a great getaway!