Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Now that I have you bored out of your mind,
I'll share the last place that we stopped on our
trip out west. This, I think was Grandpa's
favorite. It was a beautiful place.

With the Canyon being carved through the hard
rock by the water running through it. It is said to
be the only canyon in North America to combine
the narrow opening, sheer walls, and startling
depths.

This was a trip that we got to see a lot
of the beauty that our Heavenly Father
has given us. Each place being so different.

Molas Pass

The day after leaving the Pueblos dwellings we
went to Molas Pass. We decided to start our
trip home on the Million Dollar Hwy. Molas
Pass happened to be on our way to the
Black Canyon of the Gunnison. It is 10,899
feet in elevation in the San Juan Mtns.
It is known to have the cleanest air in the USA.

As you can see there is still a little snow in the
Mtns. A beautiful place.

Trip to the Pueblo's

This was one of my favorite places on our trip
out to Colorado.

The Ancestral Puebloans lived here for 750
years. Some are thought to have been built
in 1200's. I just find it so interesting how they
built their home in these cliffs. They were
excellent basket weavers.

John and I were able to take a tour down
to the cliff dwelling and see them up close.

Here is one of the Kiva's that we got to go down
into.

We had to climb out using rock steps
and also climbing up about 3/10 ft.
ladders.
Here is where we ended up coming out.
These are other cliff dwellings that we stopped
at. This picture was taken across the way.

Bethannie's Baptism

I know that these last few post are all out
of sequence, but at least I am finally
getting around to posting them. On the 22nd
of Aug. Bethannie was baptized in Virginia.
It was a great day and weekend. Bethannie
you are a beautiful young lady and we love you
very much. We know you have made the right
decision and hope that you always stay close
to your Heavenly Father.

We spent the night with Chrissy and Jacob. On
Sunday we were able to go to church with Tara
and James and the kids and hear them talk and
sing in church. You did a great job. We Love you all
and wish we could see you more often.

Atlanta Braves versus Cincinnati Reds

About a week and a half ago John and I decided
that we would stop in at Atlanta to see a Reds
game on the way back down to the house. Now
this is not exactly on the way home. We got up
at 3:45am Chicago time and started on our way.
We arrived in Atlanta at 5:30 pm, so we had
2 hours to kill before the game, we still had
to get tickets, well that didn't take long since
there was no one there yet, so we did some
walking around since we had been in the car
for 11 hours. Guess what the Reds actually
Won the game, they haven't been doing to
well this year, they actually won all 3
games that weekend. We headed home
at around 10:40 pm, after the fireworks, and
got home at around 1:00 am.,so it was a
long day but great to get to spend time
together. Them winning made it all the
more enjoyable, since everyone around
you, practically, is a Brave fan and your the
only ones rooting for the Reds.

A Great Scrapbooking Weekend With Family!!!

By the way our Great Room looked you would think
there were a dozen people here instead of only
4 of us. On Friday evening, my sister-in-law Sandy,
Niece Amanda, and Mother-in-law came for a visit.
We enjoyed each others company while doing
some scrap booking. We missed all the girls
since the couldn't come down. Kristy had to
work, Jennifer is busy with her move, Chrissy
hasn't been feeling well, and Tara with the kids
in school, so they couldn't make it and we
missed you. Everyone left this afternoon to
head home. Thanks for coming, it was great to
spend some time at the pool just reminiscing,
laughing together, just sitting out on the back
deck talking. I hope we will be able to do this
again soon. Love you guys!!