5 States...9 days...

a Honda Odyssey van, 2 adults, 2 seniors, 1 teenager with a permit, 1 tweenager, a roof top carrier, a loaded ice chest, 2 boxes of food, 6 bags of luggage, a walker for grandma, i pods, cds, dvds, mountain dew, diet coke and a lot of gas money made for a fantastic trip! We started out at 5am on the 17th and headed out thru Oregon, down thru Idaho and into Utah for our first nights stay.

The Mormon tabernacle.
Our photo with "Jesus"...which none of us wanted,

but they insisted upon.

Another shot of the tabernacle.
Salt Lake City Utah's State Capital.
Amanda's dream conquered...we ate at a Sonic!

Antelope Island, on the Great Salt Lake in Utah! Beautiful!
"Lola" as we called our navigation system, making it look like we are in the middle of the Great Salt Lake, when in actuality we are on a cos way!
The second night we stayed in Utah as well, and then it was on to

The Dam!

The Grand Canyon!
Another shot of the Grand Canyon.
The four of us!

The third night we stayed at the Grand Canyon and then headed to Sun City Arizona!

Arizona sunsets!

Cactus...rock...cactus...and more rocks!

Amanda and Uncle Bob...Sun City AZ allows these golf carts on the main streets,

you see them everywhere.

Amanda and "Scooter"!
One of the many meals we shared as a family.

We wore shorts, capris and short sleeves and slept with the windows open in November!

Palm trees and 80 degree weather!
Scooter...a very spoiled and loved dog!

Saturday the 24th it was back in the van and up thru Arizona, into CA and up the I-5. We mad it home late Sunday evening...and back to the real world of cold weather, school and work!

Thanks so much Uncle Bob and Aunt Wanda for a marvelous time in Sun City, AZ. We love you guys! Thanks too, Jeff, for spending so much time with us. It was so good to see you.

(By the way, you should know, we are freezing to death! It is 36 degrees for a high today,

east wind and rain!) Gotta love those Arizona winters!