Bennett Spring State Park, Missouri

The Spring and Campground is one of our favorite Missouri State Parks.  Fishing is good either in the park or in the Niangua River.

Smithsonian Air Museum

Doug, Derek, Dustin, and Robert went to the Smithsonian Air Museum near Dulles Airport while Lucy, Twila, Chelsea, and Sharon shopped at Dulles Crown Center shopping mall.  Chelsea said, "This is like Mall of America".

Washington DC at Christmas 2010

We visited the Capitol Mall with all its beauty.  It was enhanced by the addition of the National Christmas tree with trees for the states all around it.  There was a Nativity Scene and a Yule log with large logs put in a fire pit with the use of a trator and front loader.

Sept. 26 and 27 Home to Fulton, MO

 We left Pagosa Springs early (about 6:30 A.M.) and drove through beautiful mountains as the sun came up.  We listened to Booth Brothers CDs and remembered the sabath day as we marveled at God's beautiful countryside.  We slept on Wal Mart's parking lot in Mcpherson, KS.  It was quiet and we did fine in spite of not having hook ups.  Three other rigs parked there with us.  We arrived home after making a stop in Columbia, MO to have our refrigerator checked.  It was on a recall so we had Dave, at US Rents It, order the new valve and burner to be installed later.

Sept. 25 Pagosa Springs, CO

We traveled to Pagosa Springs and stayed in Pagoso Springs Riverside Campground.  It was a pretty campground but it looked more like a lake setting rather than a river.

Sept 23 and 24 Mancos, CO near Mesa Verde National Park

The campground was Mesa Verde RV Resort.  It was a beatiful campground and you could see Mesa Verde National Park from our camp site.  We drove 200 miles on a trip up to Telluride, CO then across to Ouray, Silverton, and back to Durango, CO.  The aspen trees were at their peak.  Each turn seemed to bring us to a more beautiful moutain site with the golden aspens highlighting the mountains. 

The second day, we toured Mesa Verde National Park and were able to walk through the stone dwellings in the rock cliffs.

Sept.22 Zion National Park to Mesa Verde

We walked from Watchman campground in Zion National Park to the visitor center where we caught a free shuttle bus and rode through the park.  The next morning, we got up early and were ready to  proceed through the tunnel and road construction by 8:00 A.M. Mountain time when they opened the road east of Zion National Park.  We stopped at Four Corners where we stood in four states at the same time (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah) and bought some American Indian made souveniers for Dustin and Chelsea.  Sharon bought a little turquois ring for herself.