Today we decided to stop a little early at Junction Texas!
Next up we will "Remember the Alamo"!
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
BACK ROADS ACROSS AMERICA TEAM
We are Back Roads Across America Team, Van and Kyle. Between June 26th to July 6th we traveled across America from Arizona to Georgia. With this site you can feel like you were part of the trip!
Go To Post | Go to Day | Go to Related Posts
ROAD TRIP OVERVIEW
This is a quick overview of the full road trip that was taken.
Go To Post | Go to Day | Go to Related Posts
BATS
We saw amazing bats come out of Carlsbad Caverns for their nightly feeding! They are only about 2 inches long!
Go To Post | Go to Day | Go to Related Posts
WHO WILL CLEAN OUR WINDOWS
Our windows were really dirty so Kyle had a thought that one of those window washers would clean the window, but how?Go To Post | Go to Day | Go to Related Posts
LEARNING TO DRIVE
One of the goals on the trip was for Kyle to learn stick shift! Be careful! No one drive one the road until we tell you its safe!!Go To Post | Go to Day | Go to Related Posts
PROBLEMS
Oh No! We ran into some problems! Nothing we could not handle..maybe..I think...Go To Post | Go to Day | Go to Related Posts
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Stopped Early
Today we decided to stop a little early at Junction Texas!
Next up we will "Remember the Alamo"!
COW!! LOOK OUT!!!
How do you know you are driving the back roads of America?
1)No McDonalds
2)You have to wait for the cow to cross the road
Where's Ronald?
How do you know that you are traveling the back roads of America? We traveled all day and over 500 miles through New Mexico and Texas and didn’t see a single McDonalds or for that matter a single fast food chain.
We had a great lunch at Sally’s Café and dinner at Isaack’s.
We had a great lunch at Sally’s Café and dinner at Isaack’s.
New Driver!
We had 3 objectives for this trip
1) Visit Papa in Georgia for his 80 birthday
2) Travel and see America via back roads avoiding interstates
3) Kyle learn to drive
This is Kyle learning to drive and on a stick shift for the first time.
He ended up doing great and driving most of the day
1) Visit Papa in Georgia for his 80 birthday
2) Travel and see America via back roads avoiding interstates
3) Kyle learn to drive
This is Kyle learning to drive and on a stick shift for the first time.
He ended up doing great and driving most of the day
Bear Attack!!
This guy has been hibernating and is hungry and is about to ATTACK DAD!!!! I need to save him, but I have to take this picture first!!
Caverns
Carlsbad was made by sulfuric acid dissolving the limestone 250 million years ago, as part of a reef complex along the edge of an inland sea.
Oil and gas deposits and rich in hydrogen sulfide was forced into the limestone at the edge of the basin. When this encountered oxygen-rich rainwater moving down through the rock, it created sulfuric acid. This acid dissolved the limestone creating cave passages
Carlsbad Cavern Slideshow
Jim White is the cowboy credited with being the premier explorer of Carlsbad Cavern. He began to explore the cave as a teenager in 1898, using a handmade wire ladder to decend 60 feet into the cave. For more than a decade, he couldn't convince many locals that there was much to Carlsbad Cavern.
The first night!
After traveling 560 miles we were ready for a good night sleep in Carlsbad NM at the Best Western. We got a good military discount by bargaining
When we were going to bed we were confronted by a fly that dad was obsessed with because he was afraid it would land on him while he was sleeping. He lured it into the bathroom by turned off all the lights except that room and then closed the door
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)