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Thanks Bette and Al for Birthday Card and gift

Friday Day #11 June 15 2007

Today's Date: Friday day #11 June 15
Where We Went:
Six Flags and The trip Home


What Happened:
Raining when we got to DaysInn Motel in Tulsa about 2am Friday and left at 10AM .. We headed for St Louis and a nearby Six Flags arrived about 4pm and stayed till 9pm.. Then headed home for Chicago arrived Mike's house 3AM Saturday June 16th .. This was the end of the journey for the 7 Travelers


Favorite part of the trip:
Six Flags and the River Rafting ride

Thursday Day #10 June 14 2007

Today's Date:
Thursday Day #10 June 14 2007
Where We Went: Bette and Mike visit David and Bob goes with Ken to see his new properties


What Happened:Leaving Albquerque today heading home.



Favorite part of the trip:

Happy Birthday Bob

Wednesday Day #9 June 13 2007

Today's Date: Wednesday Day #9 June 13 2007
Where We Went:

Old Town in Albquerque


What Happened:

Went to park and Museums and had a surprise birthday party for Uncle Bob




Favorite part of the trip:

Tuesday Day #8 June 12 2007

We Went to the mountains for a picnic
and hiked along a mountain stream


What Happened:
Kevin got his bottom dirty and caught a grasshopper

Favorite part of the trip:
seeing all the desert in bloom

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Monday Day #7 June 11 2007

Today's Date: June 11 Monday
Where We Went: Kathy and Michelle House


What Happened:



Favorite part of the trip:

Sunday Day #6 June 10 2007

Today's Date:
Where We Went:
from Colorado Springs to Albqerque,New Mexico


What Happened: Went to church, then onto Royal Gorge suspension bridge at Canon City



Favorite part of the trip:

Saturday Day #5 June 9 2007

Today's Date:
Saturday Day #5 June 9 2007

Where We Went:
We left Estes Park and traveled to Denver, Garden of the Gods,

Cave of the Winds and then on to Travel Lodge Motel in Colorado Springs

What Happened:
Uncle Bob got a tick while hiking on trails.. Mike tried to remove it with twizers, but when that failed .. We took him to emergency care.. and a doctor there got it out

Favorite part of the trip Cave of the Winds

Friday Day #4 June 8 2007

Lots to keep us on the go.. boats and bicycles, oh my!

Today's Date:
Friday Day #4 June 8 2007 at Roadway Inn Estes Park
at breakfast there was sausage and gravy biskets very good..



Where We Went:


What Happened:

Favorite part of the trip :

In the afternoon we took a tram ride to the top of Prospect Mountain..

We feed all the ground squirles there peanuts

Uncle Bob rides the Moose

Uncle Bob rides the Moose at Estes Park

SMOKIN' DAVE'S BBQ

SMOKIN' DAVE'S BBQ
Thursday June 7 8PM


Oh, sooooo good

Thursday Day #3 June 7 2007

Today's Date: June 7th, 2007
Leaving DaysInn Motel at North Platte, Neb heading toward Colorado

after we have a contential breakfast of danish
High Wind Warning in effect until noon MDT today...
Today
Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Strong winds. Highs 47 to 57. West winds 30 to 45 mph decreasing to 25 to 35 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 80 mph this morning.

Where We Went:

Local Park in North Platte .. played tennis..

and saw critters
Rocky Mountain National Park .. and Loveland, Colorado then to motel at Estes Park


What Happened:
We got slowed down by the wind, and road construction , but made it to Roosevelt National Park.. saw mountains .. and fisherman catching trout.. lots of cabins along road ..then on to Loveland and checked into Lodge about 3:30 Mountain time.

Dinner at Smokey Dave's Bar B Que was very good

on the way for burgers, where else but MAC Donald's
Very, very, windy day.. head wind so strong that it slowed the van down to 50 miles per hour in spots .. didn't make to Colorado.. But we are now about 100 miles away

Taco Bell has a wireless internet.. awesome !

Wednesday Day #2 June 6 2007

Today's Date:
June 6th

Where We Went:
Day of the long drive from Coraville, Iowa thru Nebraska to Colorado


What Happened:
Started the morning off with breakfast at scrambled eggs and breakfast food at Bev's.. Then went to Best Buy and Ryan upgraded Bev's computer memory..

Stoped at Panera's Bread got bagels.. Left Coralville about 12 Noon..

Now on the road to Des Moines.. at 12:39 mile marker 214
Favorite part of the trip

Our Travel Journal and Song Book

In the travel journal .. We write

Today's Date:
Where We Went:
What Happened:
Favorite Part of the Trip:
From our song book.. We sing