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... low lying clouds. Brrrr. But when you dunked back down it was heaven. From here we hightailed it to Colorado Springs to meet up with Frank's Mom & her man Martin. We all had dinner at the Texas Roadhouse and watched the Dodgers win. Nice. Did we mention the $5.00 fishbowl margarita's? Really nice.

Started off the day dealing with unexpected car troubles. After spending hours at the closest Subaru dealer, they couldn't do the brakes today as they needed parts. Supposedly they'll finish first thing tomorrow and we'll be on our way with only a couple hour delay.

The girls slept late while I was at the car place, and came later with Hannah and her grandma and we had lunch. After we ate they went to a local hot ...

... had dropped to 56 degrees. A far cry from yesterday in NM when it was near 100! The views were breathtaking from the top, and we managed to take some pictures before we got too cold.

After we made it down the pass we drove through Aspen on the way to Carbondale. It's a pretty town, and the ski mountains look great. We'll have to think about a winter trip here someday. My cousin ...

... I are enjoying the cool weather and the campfire. Tomorrow we head to Keystone South Dakota, where we will spend a couple days. We will need to be on the road fairly early as this will be another long day of driving. Even though the speed limit is 65- 75 those winding roads can be tough, Mark is doing all the driving and so far a great job. NO troubles with the Rv at all. running like a champ.

Today was a stunning day of geologic wonders at Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park near Moab Utah. These are both within 50 miles of each other but offer vastly different versions of water erosion. Arches is full of vertical slats of rocks that erode away in the middle to form a natural stone arch. To me the most impressive was the double arch (see photo) followed by the Landscape arch (see next photo). Standing under double arch, the size ...

... really until the arrival. We made a few donuts in the sky above London waiting for a landing spot. One piece of advise, if you can avoid London-Heathrow, do it. Too much traffic, loonngg lines at the security checkpoints, etc. One good point though, I did not have to claim my bag in London to clear customs as I anticipated, it made it's way directly to my connecting flight. Well, that's it for this entry. I'll see you in Nice.

Took the roadtrip back out to Glenwood springs. Hit up Glenwood Springs after hiking Hanging Lake.

Great vertical hike. Lake actually hangs off the side of a mountain, small trickle of waterfall.

Humbling to have 6 year olds point out your fear of heights as you are scaling rock trails.

Amazing. But reaffirmed my everworsening fear of heights. Andy had a good time watching me crawl down rocks on my ass. Pathetic!

Just to let you all know we are still in Glenwood Springs. Last night and into this morning it snowed roughly 12 inches. The storm also shut down many of the passes we were going to take to Denver so we couldn't make it out. It let off tonight and we are going to hit the road tomorrow morning. We are going to break out the video camera some more as well so get ready for some bad acting. Well hope you all have a great weekend! Chris and Kara

... train tracks that I have been to before, quite algae abundant, quite warm but you can adjust the temp by moving rocks to let in more or less river water. I also enjoy Penny springs along the Crystal river but the last time I was there the pool was destroyed by high water flow on the river so soaking was not possible.

... as so exhausted. After food and a rest went out again in the afternoon. Adam, Kristina and I drove home 5pm – slow and icy on the roads. Brad, Nathan, Mitch and Jaaden stayed for another night.






14/3/06 – Beaver Creek – sunny 40 degrees.

Beautiful day skiing. Paid for Adam, Kristina ...