Bob's Thoughts - Day 4

We had a nice day today - in spite of an all day rain.

We started the day at the Denver Children's Museum. There were some really interesting things for the kids to do. There was a very large exhibit related to the "Blue Man Group". I could have spent a few hours there. The kids were ready to walk around and do something other than travel, so it was a good fit. Hopefully Matt can publish some pics of the kids there - it was fun to watch them.

The Museum is right across the river from Denver's largest amusement park (Elitch Park). So when we left the museum, Ivy and I walked down to the river bank to watch some of the rides (it had stopped raining for an hour or so). There was a nice wooden coaster and many thrill rides that we could see.

Karen had shared with me and Ivy her memory of Dolores and Margie riding the looping coaster at Hershey Park. Ivy then shared her memory of Dolores riding Space Mountain at Disney World. It is interesting to think of Dolores as a real thrill seeker.

The rest of the day was low key - and frankly a welcome change from our hectic pace.

A note to the Durkees - I played the "When Mommy and Daddy were Young" video for Faith and Mari yesterday. Faith must have liked it because when it was over she said "AGAIN"!

We had a nice dinner this evening - a pork roast that we acquired via Dream Dinners. It was really good - but we need to figure out how to translate cooking time from a baking recipe to a convection recipe (there is not a traditional oven in the motorhome).

That's it for today - we are going to try the Denver Zoo again tomorrow.

Technical correction

Since everyone is posting maniacally whenever they can, I adjusted the settings so that the main page will show ALL posts from the trip. If you missed one before, it should be there now.

Also, went back and added some links on previous posts.

Matt

So, we're back at the RV for naps (hopefully) and laundry. This morning, the girls were up pretty early -- 5:30am. I'm hoping they'll get on the Mountain Time Zone pretty quickly here and "sleep in" at least until like, 6!

ANYway, we woke up to rain and when Matt looked on the National Weather Service website it called for rain all day. Figuring the Denver Zoo plan needed to be postponed, we went for Plan B -- the Denver Children's Museum. Ate breakfast and got the girls dressed. Then Matt and I decided to try out the showers here at the RV park. Matt had peeked in the men's showers yesterday and thought they seemed nice. They definitely were! Clean, big and especially nice and roomy changing area outside the shower! Very nice.

Headed to the museum and met Ivy there. It was a great museum! Pretty typical but also different. Had a play area for younger kids that had some great makebelieve stuff in it (including a vet's office which Faith loved). Had a cool room with all sorts of bubble making things which both girls loved. There was a nice playground outside the museum which we also enjoyed.

Had a quick lunch at McDonald's. Now, as I said, we're attempting naps w/ the girls and Bob is getting some laundry done.

More later, I'm sure!

Love, Steph

Bob's Thoughts - Day 3

Left Salina with no surprises and headed west on I70. Today we travel 420 miles on I70 to get to our campground in Golden, Colorado.

The drive was long, but uneventful. The first 240 miles was through Kansas and was straight and flat. Steph took her first shift driving, and did a good job. The traffic was light until we reached the Denver area. We made good time today and even after stopping for fuel we got into the RV park at 4:30 (Mountain time).

The RV park is on a ridge and the campsites all have great views of the Rocky Mountains.

We met Karen's cousin Ivy for dinner tonight and went to bed early. We are hoping to meet Ivy at the Denver Zoo tomorrow, but the weather might dictate otherwise.

Bob's Thoughts - Day 2

We unhooked the car from the tow bar and went to a really nice park on the evening of night 1. The next morning when we were getting ready to leave, Matt and I suffered from severe brain cramps and tried to violate many laws of physics as well as common sense in trying to get the car reattached properly to the RV.

45 minutes later, we were finally able to get it done and get started. Amazingly, no one was angry or upset. It is just one of the things that happen on a trip like this.

Everyone had warned me that driving through Kansas would be flat, straight and dull. This turned out to be all true. However, it makes for an easier drive in the motorhome.

We arrived at the campground in Salina, Kansas at 5:00 and did not de-couple the car. There was no place to go so late on a Sunday night anyway.