Photography by Pearl

We left Kansas in a thunderstorm and drove all day in the rain.... pretty stressful driving - but thankfully I think the rain storm cells wi...

Camping in Missouri! We parked our little Rv next to the 'Big GirlRVs' and decided to spend a couple of nights here at Sundermeier...

Bailey and his moms welcomed us to their campground and we made plans for dinner together at the restaurant on the campground.

While their moms enjoyed cheese & crackers - Blanche, Lucy & Bailey enjoyed doggie treats.

Today - Blanche and Lucy didn't go too far - they started this rainy day in Kansas and ended this rainy day in Kansas.... read below to ...

Today was a rainy day in Kansas - so we decided to be lazy - slept in and thought it would be a good day to just play tourist in Kansas.

This is my "I stop for Wineries' photo.... we started the day off with a drive to a local winery just up the road from our campsite...

Because Cheryl loves anything History... we dropped by the Eisenhower birth place, in Abilene, Kansas as well as the Eisenhower Museum and t...

We stopped in Wamego, Kansas to visit the Oz Winery (terrible wine) and the Oz Museum - actually pretty good memorabilia from that era and t...

Well after driving for less than 100miles - and still in Kansas.....we decided that we would end our day at 5pm by camping out at the Prairi...

Saying goodbye to Tyler - Ethan & Denise was hard.... but they will be coming to visit us in Newburyport at the end of June so it kept m...

Tuesday morning - 7:30am - ON THE ROAD AGAIN! - Just leaving Denise's house.

From Aurora, Colo to almost the border of Kansas I gripped the wheel as we crawled along the freeway in a 'soup' of fog. Visibility...

In this part of the country all we hear on the radio is Jesus music and country music (thankfully I love country music). And a huge sign ab...

They're in Salina, Kansas - just outside of Topeka. We stopped at the Salina KOA campground around 4:30 after being on the road since...

After dinner we went for a walk across the street from the Salina KOA where we were staying. We found this lovely little chapel in a meadow...

As the sun started to set in Kansas - we went back to the campsite to call it a night.

In Snowy Colorado!!! Boy what a site to wake up to! We heard that we were getting rain overnight and till noon today - Monday. I freaked whe...

All of Tyler's new plants got covered in snow... so we hope that they are strong enough to survive.

The snow was heavy and 'wet' so Denise had to go shake out her trees and bushes in her backyard that had been bent over with the hea...

Well it's been a long time since they saw snow... so they just looked at it for a bit - then dove in.

With a white dog and white snow... where's Blanche? She really loves playing and running in the snow - unlike her mom!

With all this snow - I was really wondering 'where in the world is Lucy?'

On Sunday the weather here in Highlands Ranch Colorado is a beautiful 65 degrees. Cool in the morning and evening but warms up beautifully i...

Tyler is quite a little Soccer player and gave us a good run for the money!

After a hard Soccer match Tyler shares her Graham Crackers with Blanche & Lucy.

Ethan is now sitting up almost by himself on the soft grass. Is he too cute or what!

Lucy loves Ethan and can't help but to lick him every chance she gets.

Denise and Tyler decided that it was such a lovely spring day that it was time to plant the spring flowers in Tyler's flower pots.

Lucy & Blanche wanted to help Tyler plant flowers. No Blanche!! no cookie seeds!

Tyler put her garden gloves on, filled the pots with planting soil planted lots of little flower seeds & watered them all. She now can...

We ended a wonderful sunny Sunday on the Deck playing with the kids. Baby Ethan likes Blanche.

Well we are all visiting my daughter Denise and her husband Gary and my two grandbabies - Tyler (she's 3 1/2 yr) and her baby brother Et...

Well it didn't take long for Lucy to give Ethan a big kiss - or for Ethan to yank Lucy's wiskers... of course she didn't mind at...

Blanche and Lucy stay close to me while I cuddle Ethan as much as I can - he's either sleeping or smiling most of the time.

Denise invited Gary's mom and his sister Judy and her husband Pete and thier kids over for dinner so we could visit together. Gary's...

At a little over 6mos old, (born 10/8/08) - Ethan is still a little guy but is developmentally right on target... he has 2 bottom teeth, sit...

Denise, Gary, Tyler and baby Ethan on the stairwell.

This is Gary's mom, Helen (known as Grandma to the grandkids) and me - Denise's Mom (known as Grammy to the grandkids) with Denise...

Blanche and Lucy went to Canon City to visit Dory & Anne - but especially to meet Heidi & Zeek their beautiful little kitties. Withi...

Zeek & Heidi saying hi to Blanche & Lucy from a safe distance behind the screen

Dory & Anne have ranches & farms all around them - This is a beautiful horse ranch right behind her property.

Dory brought us to visit the Alpaca Ranch right up the street where she lives. These animals are like Llamas but a little prettier and frie...

We got up close and personal with the Alpacas. They seemed very domesticated and friendly.

Blanche and the Alpacas are saying hello

Lucy & Bessie the cow are intrigued with each other

As the sun sets the deer come out to play in the meadow beside the houses in Dory & Anne's neighborhood

Viewing the lights of Canon City from Skyline Drive

Good night Canon City

Camping in Albuquerque, New Mexico..... After leaving Show Low at noon we lazily drove to New Mexico and decided to spend the night at one ...