Month: September 2019
Our Journey Home from Bryce Canyon – Day 12
Monday, September 9 – Des Moines, Iowa to Lafayette, Indiana We were both awakened by a loud thunderstorm at 3:30 am. We left the motel about 7:15 in morning drizzle with a temperature of 67 degrees. The above photo is a pretty fountain we saw just a few minutes after leaving our motel. Monday morning […]
Today is Our 56th Wedding Anniversary
Fifty-six years! We were so young and somehow thought we would stay that way. 🙂 Little did we know in 1963 what would be ahead of us. It kind of frustrates me when people say, but it has been so easy for you. Everything has been easy for you. We raised four children. Those of […]
Our Journey Home from Bryce Canyon – Day 11
Sunday, September 8 – Sidney, Nebraska to Des Moines, Iowa We left our motel in Sidney about 6:30 am. (Mountain Time) again driving into a beautiful sunrise. Shortly after getting on the road, we called into our home church (Eastern Standard Time) and were blessed to hear them singing It Is Well With My Soul. […]
Our Journey Home from Bryce Canyon – Day 10
Saturday, September 7 – Evanston, Wyoming to Sidney, Nebraska We left the motel at 6 am. Temperature was 46 degrees. This was the only morning that we didn’t get breakfast at the motel – because their breakfast didn’t start until 7 am. We stopped at a McDonalds and got breakfast sandwiches. Notice the windmills on […]
Our Journey Home from Bryce Canyon – Day 9
Friday, September 6 – Kanab, Utah to Evanston, Wyoming The view from our room in Kanab, Utah – about 7 am. This was the only motel on the trip where we noticed a Grab & Go bag – encouraging us to take things with us from the breakfast room. This bag contains a yogurt for […]
Our Journey Home from Bryce Canyon – Day 8
Thursday, September 5 – Bryce Canyon, Utah to Kanab, Utah This is what it looked like outside when we left Ruby’s Inn at Bryce Canyon at 7 am. The “building” in the center front is where we waited for the shuttle bus at Ruby’s Inn the day before. We backtracked a bit as we went […]
Our Journey to Bryce Canyon – Day 7 – Part 2
Wednesday, September 4 – A full day at Bryce Canyon The next shuttle took us to Sunset Point for another view of the canyon. I thought these rocks appeared to be sheer, but it may just have been the appearance with the sun shining on them. We asked a young couple from France to take […]
Our Journey to Bryce Canyon – Day 7 – Part 1
Wednesday, September 4 – A full day at Bryce Canyon This was our view as we walked around the corner of Ruby’s Inn for our free breakfast – with a voucher – because we have a room on this property. I love the history of this inn. In 1916, Reuben C. (Ruby) Syrett brought his […]
Our Journey to Bryce Canyon – Day 6 – Part Two
Tuesday, September 3 – Grand Junction, Colorado to Bryce Canyon, Utah This rest stop on Highway 89, near Circleville, Utah, featured one of Butch Cassidy’s childhood homes. After looking at this house, I decided they knew about “tiny houses” long before they were made popular in today’s world. I can’t imagine the Parker family lived […]
Our Journey to Bryce Canyon – Day 6 – Part One
Tuesday, September 3 – Grand Junction, Colorado to Bryce Canyon, Utah I have so many pictures from Day 6 that I decided to divide this post into two parts. It was about 7:15 am when we left the motel in Grand Junction. We crossed into Utah at 7:43 am with 2,415 miles on our trip […]
Our Journey to Bryce Canyon – Day 5
Monday, September 2 (Labor Day) – Denver, Colorado to Grand Junction, Colorado We left the motel in Denver about 7:30 am, then stopped for fuel next to this pretty lavender at Sapp Brother’s Truck Stop which was beside to our motel. This is where Chaplain Rich serves (see previous trip post). Looking back on the […]
Our Journey to Bryce Canyon – Day 4
Sunday, September 1 – Hays, Kansas to Commerce City (Denver), Colorado We left the motel at 6:30 am – in the dark. Before long we were seeing this beautiful sunrise. The first series of pictures is the sunrise as I saw it from turning around in my seat and taking pictures out the back passenger […]
Our Journey to Bryce Canyon – Day 3
Saturday, August 31 – Jefferson City, Missouri to Hays, Kansas We left the motel in Jefferson City about 7:25 am. It was still cool and overcast, but by the time we reached Kansas City (above) the skies had cleared and the temperatures were in the mid-seventies. We began seeing lots of small sunflowers along the […]
Our Journey to Bryce Canyon – Day 2
Friday, August 30 – Indianapolis, Indiana to Jefferson City, Missouri Our motel driveway in south Indianapolis must have been facing east. This was our view as we pulled out onto the street. A truck passed us that was hauling little pigs – probably going to a farm to be fed and fattened. Notice the little […]
Our Journey to Bryce Canyon – Day 1
Thursday, August 29 – Home to South Indianapolis, Indiana When you travel with us you have to get up early. 🙂 We planned to get up at 3 am, but I woke up at 2:45 to hear Cerwin already walking around the house. We were on the road by 4:25 and already going through the […]