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Tell me stories about camping….

Since we have been back on our trip, Marlene and I are not the only ones who miss our lives on the road. Every now and then, Ava will ask me to tell her stories about camping during our bed time routine. We have even sat and watched our entire photo slideshow with well over 2,000 pictures in one sitting just to jog our memories.

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And yes, we did a magnadoodle version of us next to the mish. Even our beloved late husky Rudy was there. She wasn’t even alive when we bought the Airstream but Ava insisted that she pose for this family portrait.

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By Dan, ago

Starting our normal lives. Or something like that.

It is amazing how quickly things can get out of hand when we are living at home. I mean that in the most mundane way possible. We don’t have extraordinary lives here in southern California. I still work from home and Ava goes to preschool a few hours a day while Mila hangs out with us at the house. But for some reason, time just seems to get away from us. Since we got home from our trip, things have changed a little bit.

holding hands in car for first time.

For one, the girls are not riding 3 feet apart like they are in the GMC Savana. They actually got close enough to hold hands while we drive in Marlene’s car.

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By Dan, ago

Day 113: Grand Canyon National Park.

Today is our official day to tour the Grand Canyon National Park after getting into town around dusk yesterday. The weather is definitely getting much warmer even at this high elevation so I can’t even imagine how hot it is at the base of the desert in Arizona. Ava is ready with her sunglasses and hat and even a couple of dandelions as mini-umbrellas for some much needed shade from this heat wave.

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By Dan, ago

Day 111: Mesa Verde National Park.

After dinner in Durango last night we headed west towards Mesa Verde National Park and got a spot at the Mesa Verde RV Resort just outside of the park. We looked long and hard at our options and we crossed our fingers in hoping that the RV Resort had a decent WiFi connection since our Sprint 3G card is hopelessly out of range. So far we are doing alright. The site had hookups and the WiFi signal worked well enough for us to get some work done so we could head out for some sightseeing in the morning.

mesa verde national park.

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By Dan, ago

Day 110: Aztec Ruins and Durango, Colorado.

After 2 nights in Albuquerque we decided that it is time for us to move on. We are so close to being home that a little bit of post trip depression is creeping up on us. Driving a few hundred miles a day is now our daily routine so any place we go from here is basically a weekend trip for us once we get home. The obvious thing for us to do is stay on I-40 and drive towards Flagstaff, Arizona but we decided to squeeze in another state, or maybe 2, before it is all over.

What do you think Mila? Is it a good idea? “Ummmm, me thinks yesss!”

leaving albuquerque.

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By Dan, ago

Where the hell did we go?

I feel like I need to first apologize to the loyal readers of the blog for our recent vanishing act. Maybe you guys thought that we loved Albuquerque so much that we decided to settle here for awhile. The reality is that we made our way home to California a week after we left Albuquerque and have just been overwhelmed with static life. Everything seems so much more complicated when you live in a house. Our house is not big by any means at around 900 square feet. But when compared to our 25 foot Airstream, it is a mansion. So many more places to clean, so much more space for the girls to drop their toys and so much harder to keep everything tidy. By now we are already dreaming of another extended trip which should be not far in our future.

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By Dan, ago

Day 107: Cars and the Big Texan.

Our long drive yesterday landed us in a little town in Texas called Shamrock. We are now west enough to be coming across some of the same states we visited at the beginning but just further north. Being a little town right off of Interstate 40, it is a town that was part of the old Route 66. And it is no accident that we decided to stay here last night.

truck stop at shamrock, tx.

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By Dan, ago