Ubehebe Crater is a large volcanic crater 600 feet deep and half a mile across. How did these crater originate? Ubehebe is known as maar volcano. A maar is a broad, low-relief volcanic crater that is caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption, which is an explosion caused by groundwater coming into contact with hot lava or magma. The intense heat flashes the water into...
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After our short stop at the Hoover Dame, we reached Death Valley National Park and the Furnace Creek Ranch Resort / Campground in early afternoon. We set up camp and then enjoyed a wonderfully refreshing swim in the natural spring-fed pool. Once we were all clean and refreshed, we set out to explore this amazing park. In this below-sea-level basin, steady drought...
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Swung by Vegas to take in the sights. Sam enjoyed greeting people to her RV park/ Casino and Maria was a hit welcoming people to the gold and silver pawn shop from TLC. From there, we took in the strip and had some dinner.
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After yesterdays visit we had to go back. Dad and the older girls REALLY wanted to hike a trail. We started a little late (because Dad had to work) but we arrived by 2:30PM. Tammy was eager to ‘burn off some energy’ and came with Dad, Kaatje, Kaelyn and Hailey. Mom stayed with the other girls and walked around the visitor centre, book store and became...
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Another morning at 6AM with dad working at MacDonald’s until 1PM. We gathered in the van and headed to the Grand Canyon National Park (south rim). We were too late for the Imax movie by 5 minutes so we headed into the park. Cost was $25 for the whole van and is valid for 7 days. We parked in Bighorn 2 and walked to the visitor centre. They had a water display...
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Dad had to start the morning at 6AM local time at the McDonald’s as the internet is so bad at the camground, and cell phone doesn’t work. After lunch we embarked on Kaatje’s most desired location. It was snowing very hard up to Flagstaff and I kept thinking how disappointed she would be with all the cold and snow. We took 89A south and came to a...
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We woke to MORE snow again. Dad had a quick client demo so we left later than normal, around 9:30AM. After clearing off the trailer we left the KOA and without thinking proceeded down the road on a slight incline. The road was so slippery that at one point we started to slide. We had to keep the gas all the way down and slowly inch up the road. If we had stopped we...
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Baby Maria is such an AMAZING traveler. With a few toys she can entertain herself for hours. Example is a change of clothes, she can play peek for an hour laughing the whole time.
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SERIOUSLY STOP FOLLOWING US COLD/SNOW!!!! This is HWY 40 heading west around lunch. We woke to 25F and what looked like a storm front, so we quickly jumped in the truck and got moving by 7:30AM. The whole day we battled slippery roads and snow storms (as you can see). A quick check of the weather as we passed Amarillio, TX shocked us it was warmer at home. How is...
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