On Tuesday, July 31, 2007 Papa Jim, Nana Phyllis, Jan, Jodie, James, Jenna, Rob, Joshua, Bradley, Emmalee and I climbed into a 15 seater van and headed North... actually Northeast. First we drove to Papa Jim and Nana's cabin near Blue Ridge Resoviour to check things out, it was figured out that they have owned the cabin for 30 years this year. Not much has changed it still is small but cozy! 
From there we traveled to Winslow, Arizona for the night. We had dinner at Bojo's restaurant and found the man "Standing on the Corner" from the Eagles hit song "Take it Easy" We decided to take a closer look in the morning when we could get out of the van and look around. 
After our brief stop at the corner we headed to Meteor Crater where we visited the site of the Crater and the museum attached. Following the Crater we headed to the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest in Northern Arizona. 
We had a great time driving through the National Park and looking at the wonderful scenery. We got out of the car and looked at Petrified Wood as big as 8 feet in circumfrance. 
We had a great time driving through the National Park and looking at the wonderful scenery. We got out of the car and looked at Petrified Wood as big as 8 feet in circumfrance. The rain followed us and we traveled further North to Chinle, Arizona. We stayed the night in Chinle and got up bright and early to go on a jeep tour of Canyon De Chelly. It had rained the day before and the wash was flowing but it did not stop the jeeps.
We had a great time looking at all of the Anazai Ruins and learning some of the history of the Canyon from our Navajo tour guide Harris. Nana, Jodie, Jan, James, Jenna, Josh and Brad were in one Jeep with Kenneth as their guide and Papa Jim, Rob, Emmalee and I were in another jeep with Harris as our guide. 
Harris took his time since we had Emmalee in the back of the jeep but Kenneth went 4 wheeling through mud as the kids hooped and hollered in the back of the jeep.
We rested for the rest of the day - the kids went swimming while most of us took short naps. Today is Friday, August 3 and we got up fairly early and headed to the Four Corners.
Harris took his time since we had Emmalee in the back of the jeep but Kenneth went 4 wheeling through mud as the kids hooped and hollered in the back of the jeep. We rested for the rest of the day - the kids went swimming while most of us took short naps. Today is Friday, August 3 and we got up fairly early and headed to the Four Corners. It was cool to be able to stand in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and Utah all at the same time. We walked around the Navajo shops and then headed to Blanding, Utah to see the Edge of Cedars ruins. We spent a little time there walking around and seeing the pottery and learning about the history of the area. Now we are at our hotel in Monticello, Utah. We have called it a night and will be heading out for more adventure tomorrow. I will update with more pictures later. Love from all of us!!!!
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Looks like you all are having a good time and seeing lots of great places while spending good quality time with the family. Bring back some of that cooler weather.
See you all soon.
Be safe.
Love,
Sarah and Hunter
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