So most of you know that Brooke (alfiethetortoise) and I took a road trip last week.
Brooke and her daughter Ava first spent a week at Disneyworld in Florida. Then they flew to Denver in the midst of one our wonderful spring blizzards. We held a mini-celebration of Brooke's 25th birthday:
The next day we drove over icy, slushy roads to Cortez, Colorado, so we could tour the Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde:
Ava is a bright, cheerful, affectionate, articulate, coordinated, absolutely adorable toddler:
Then we drove down into Arizona to see the Grand Canyon:
And for our final stop, we headed back north to Moab, Utah, and Arches National Park:
It was so much fun to be able to show people from as picturesque a country as England a bit of our own famous landscapes. Ava was a trooper and sat (mostly) patiently through several long days of driving, despite being uncomfortable with chicken pox (she had a mild case, fortunately!)!
Now the girls are off to southern California to see the Pacific Ocean and hand out at the beach. I'll let Brooke tell that story from her point of view!
Brooke and her daughter Ava first spent a week at Disneyworld in Florida. Then they flew to Denver in the midst of one our wonderful spring blizzards. We held a mini-celebration of Brooke's 25th birthday:
The next day we drove over icy, slushy roads to Cortez, Colorado, so we could tour the Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde:
Ava is a bright, cheerful, affectionate, articulate, coordinated, absolutely adorable toddler:
Then we drove down into Arizona to see the Grand Canyon:
And for our final stop, we headed back north to Moab, Utah, and Arches National Park:
It was so much fun to be able to show people from as picturesque a country as England a bit of our own famous landscapes. Ava was a trooper and sat (mostly) patiently through several long days of driving, despite being uncomfortable with chicken pox (she had a mild case, fortunately!)!
Now the girls are off to southern California to see the Pacific Ocean and hand out at the beach. I'll let Brooke tell that story from her point of view!