Cottonwood springs camping

Went to cottonwood springs in Joshua tree again last night to use the
telescope. It was probably one of the darkest and clearest nights in a
long time, but unfortunately, a group of around 20 high school/college
kids rolled in around 10 pm. They each had a very bright light and
they also started a campfire directly upwind from us. It really ruined
out night vision. They were loud and obnoxious, too, but that didn't
hurt our seeing, just annoyed us.

All in all, it was still very fun just to be out there and hang out
with Joe, Anne, Astro, and Orion. We found a new neat item - M103,
otherwise known as the Christmas tree, in Casseopia. It has the most
beautiful red star in it that looks like a bulb on a christmas tree.
Very excellant!

Here I am as we were leaving the next morning, on Saturday. We are
about halfway between the campground and the 10 freeway on the access
road that follows a drainage/wash. If you look closely, you can see a
tiny squirrel type creature on the rock to the right of the flat rock
in the wash. It is neat out here!

Phoenix airport

We are on the last leg of our trip. Here I am at the Phoenix Airport
with Astro and Orion. They were very good on the flight from Chicago
to Phoenix. They were in their travel bags for 5 1/2 hours and didn't
make a sound - even when the 2-yr old sitting across from us was
screaming her head off! It was a great and successful trip. Can't wait
to do it again!

Cheese mouse

Hi everyone - just got done meeting with the architect. Came up with
some pretty cool concepts - mainly a diving board/plank/train truessle
idea. A very long house with cool views. Afterwards, we stopped at
Perkins to eat in black river falls. Here I am in the perkin's parking
lot with the cheese mouse. We kinda have the same look going, except I
am pink and he is gray. I really love it here and can't wait to hang
in our new house!

Bruce Mound Winter Sports Area

Hi everyone! Here I am in Wisconsin outside of Merrillan in and near
the Bruce Mound Winter Sports Area. In one if the pictures, you can
see me with the new chair lift in the background. Joe & Anne donated
$3,000 to help fund the construction. Their names are listed on the
neat donor plaque in the new chalet. If you look closely, you can see
their names.

Alan's friend, Loren, is getting married at the top of the mound today. It is very beautiful, but cold and windy today - about 36 degrees!

The fall colors are very beautiful here right now! I can't wait to live here someday and watch the colors every year with all the other bunnies!

Crossing into Minnesota!

Getting close now. It finally stopped raining after we got passed Des
moines. We went to a neat park there and let the doggies run around a
bit. Here I am about a mile from Minnesota with some really neat trees
that have leaves that have turned a brilliant color of red. I am going
to see if Joe/anne can make sure we have these types of trees in the
bunny sanctuary on our property.

Platte river

Starting off on the last leg of our journey. Here I am with the Platte
River behind me somewhere between Lincoln and Omaha. We arrived in
Lincoln last night at 1pm CST, or 3 pm local time! All of our hard
work the first two days had paid off now as we have an easy day today
- only about 500 miles. Hopefully we will be at our property around 5
to 5:30, then on to mom and dad's.

More snow

Couldn't resist another snow picture. It was so beautiful! The sun was
shining on a completely snow-covered peak with dark clouds behind. I
love snow! Just 18 minutes to the Eisenhower tunnel!

Snow on the mountains already

Heading towards Denver - near Avon. You can see the early snow on the
mountains and the cool yellow leaves on the trees. I love it!

Fall colors Colorado style

Stopped for a quick break in glenwood springs. It is a nice little
town with the white river running through it. There were a lot of cool
trees changing colors - lots of yellow ones. Can't wait until we get
to our property!

Rabbit Valley!

We just crossed in to Colorado and lo and behold there was Rabbit
Valley! We never noticed it before in our travels...seems like a
really nice place, but maybe a little to brown for my liking. Still
hungry!

Thompson Springs

Here we are, still in Utah. I thought grandpa Al would like to know we
were passing by Thompson Springs - you can see the name on the sign.
This is a cool picture as you can see my reflection! Getting hungry
now - will probably eat in grand junction. Trip going great!

Ghost rock rest stop

Here I am with Orion in the middle of nowhere utah. We are between
green river and salinas - a stretch of I-15 that goes for over 100
miles with no services. We stopped at a rest area at a place called
ghost rock to take a break. The doggies really liked it here. Orion
looks very funny in this picture - Joe was holding him up in the air.
It looks like we modified the picture and stretched out his head, but
we didn't! If you look closely, you can see astro roaming the ground
between us. You can also see I-15 heading northeast behind us, too! It
was a fun stop.

Fire on the mointain

Judy north of cedar city and their is a controlled burn going on.
Hopefully it works as a good preventative measure that keeps the
people and creatures safe!

Cedar city

Good morning! Here I am in our hotel room in cedar city, ut with
astro! We made it here at 12:22 am (1:22 am - mountain time) last
night. On our way to lincoln, nebreaska tonight! I love to travel!

Here we go!!!

On the next big road trip to Wisconsin/Chicago! Here I am in our
parking lot at our condo on Tuesday night as the sun is going down.
Hopefully we be in cedar city by midnight. Starting odometer: 49290. I
love road trips!