Our Summer Road Trip, Part 1

We arrived home from our road trip yesterday after being gone from home almost 3 weeks.  That was a long time to be away, but we had a ton of fun!  We crammed so many activities into those 20 days that I'll have to split it into several posts!  There are lots and lots of pictures to share, so get ready!

After leaving home, our first stop was in West Texas at my uncle's house.  The kids were so excited to see Uncle Pete and Aunt Jean!

The next day we stopped in Roswell to find out about the aliens.  Before we left town I decided we needed to get a picture with an alien, but our only "sighting" was outside a KFC!

We spent our second night at the Wigwam Motel on Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona.  That was a really neat experience!

 

 There were classic cars parked by each wigwam, which added to the charm.  You can see Coleman was excited to stay here!

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As we were leaving town, we saw this painting of Route 66 on the side of a building.  Super cool!

Ready to head down the Mother Road!

At breakfast Spence was eating his pancakes when his tooth fell out!

We recovered the tooth and then headed to the Petrified Forest National Park.  I was ready to get to the Grand Canyon, but we were so close that we didn't want to miss this.  Even Coleman had a good time, despite the look on his face.  I think he was concerned that you weren't supposed to sit on this piece of petrified wood, even though we assured him it was fine.

Spence was glad he had his binoculars to check out the badlands.

This was an old hotel in the Painted Desert.

Next stop:  Grand Canyon!