April 12th
We left Bakersfield and California and drove about 300 miles to Laughlin, Nevada. The morning started off interesting as Tim’s sister’s dog got out and Tim ran to get it, scooped it up and the dog went pee on himJ When he got in the car the girls and I joined in “who let the dog out?” A good start to the morning, LOL!
It was an interesting drive across the Mojave Desert and through Tehachapi where it had snowed. Ironically, the last day in sunny California was not so sunny! We drove through rain and lightning till we go to Laughlin. The rain stopped by the time we got unpacked and so we went for a stroll along the Colorado River. Wasn’t very impressed by Laughlin…was glad to hit the road.
April 13th
Onto Flagstaff, Arizona! Poor Joel is either fighting something or teething…he was pretty puffy eyed and had a runny nose…he’s a trooper though and did well on the drive. We stopped in Kingman for lunch and then at Walnut Canyon to see some cliff dwellings. There was a hike to the bottom and I got as far as the landing and chickened out – there was no way I was going down there with three kids! My thoughts were confirmed as some lady looked at me like I was crazy and told me how bad the rails were and how she didn’t think the kids should go…so Megan, Joel, grandma and I went on a rim hike and Tim and Anna went down to the bottom (if you know me you’d be proud that I let Anna go!!).
It was pretty neat to see and Anna loved it. Megan did well though she was pretty disturbed to see that the Indians ate “Bambi” as she put it. Onto New Mexico tomorrow!!