Bradbury Science Museum

This museum is located in Los Alamos, NM. It is a history of the atom bomb. Lots of hands-on-activities. Lots of videos also. If you are interested in the atom bomb, this would be a great museum for you to visit. Free entrance. You can spend a couple of hours here. More photos by clicking on the travel photo link.


First bomb dropped was called Little Boy.


This is Fat Man.


This is a model of the gadget, the first test of the atom bomb.


This is the rack. This was used to test the atom bomb underground.

Bandelier National Monument

Beautiful, just beautiful. The anasasi lived in this area. They used tools to enlarge some of the openings in the cliff dwellings so they could live in them. We took the easy walking trail to view the dwellings.

Path leads up to here and you can climb the ladder for a closer look.


This is the best of the petroglyphs. It is supposed to be a macaw.


This coyote visited the pueblo.


You can see the remains of dwellings in front of the cliff. The Anasazi used the cliffs as the back of their dwellings. You can see the holes where poles were placed to make a floor. It looks like there were 3 to 4 stories in some of their dwellings. More photos can be seen by clicking on our travel photo link.

Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, NM

Our first site-seeing stop was the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe. It is a small church built in the 1870 with a miraculous spiral staircase. When the chapel was built, the builder did not build a staircase to the choir loft. The church was too small to build a normal staircase. The sisters prayed that somehow, someone would be able to design and build a staircase. Their prayers were answered when a man stopped by and built the staircase. The staircase does not have any nails in it. This is a beautiful church. Cost was $3 to view the inside of the chapel and staircase.

Loretto Chapel.


Spiral staircase leading to the choir loft.


The staircase was originally built without bannisters. No nails were used in building the staircase.

Blue Hole, Santa Rosa, NM

The Blue Hole is 81 feet deep, 3000 gal. of water per minute flow here. Many divers use this hole to practice and hone their diving skills.
Water is 61 degrees. No charge to visit the hole.






Divers coming up from their dive.

66 Car museum, Santa Rosa, NM

We arrived in Santa Rosa, NM and saw this car museum close to our campground so Gary and I decided to tour it. We were able to see 30 different cars and other stuff. Cost for the museum was $5 per person.


1947 Chevy


1929 Mercedes gazele kit car


1031 Auburn. This car had the service manual sitting on the front seat.


1931 Chevy coupe. Loved the blue tinted windows.

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Jim and Sherri introduced us to this museum located in Canyon, Texas. This was a great museum. Lots of different artifacts from weapons, cars, windmills, oil drilling equipment, and lots of other stuff. Cost was $10 per person.


Jim and Gary admiring a 1925 Model T. Jim was explaining how the car worked. Very interesting stuff. Love to visit museums with Jim. He is always able to add lots more info about the exhibits.


1910 John Deere manure spreader.


Lots of weapons to see.


This is a 1916 Detroit Electric Brougham, and we thought that electric cars were something new.

Palo Duro Canyon

We are beginning our journey to Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah by first stopping off in Palo Duro Canyon near Canyon, Texas. We spent 2 nights in the last campground in the Canyon. The canyon is beautiful. I could have taken hundreds of pictures. We experienced thunder, lightning, rain, wind, and a hail storm. Lots of places to hike in the canyon. The canyon was home to various Indian tribes. We viewed a dvd up in the visitor center which told how the calvary went about "displacing the Indian tribes". If you find yourself close to the area, be sure to visit the canyon.

Lighthouse formation.


Can you send the Indian head in this rock formation?

Plants in Palo Duro Canyon

Prickly Pear Cactus


Prickly Pear Cactus


Prickly Pear Cactus

These guys came out to feed every evening.


Lots of rabbits in the campground.


Loved listening to this cardinal.

These guys sure were busy.


Couldn't pass up a red bug on a white flower.


This bee is finding his breakfast.

Visiting Springfield

We stopped in Springfield, Mo to visit with Gary's sister and husband. They have a beautiful backyard filled with lots of flowers. We love to sit and watch the birds, bees, and snakes. Had a great visit.

Cloud 9 Ranch

We really love to come to Cloud 9. Our favorite camping site is in Wilder. We were lucky enough this year to get a site that backs up to the spring. Gary fished every day that we were here. While the fish were not as large as those at Beaver's Bend, they will taste just as good. Mom and dad rented one of the trailers here in Wilder. We enjoyed sitting outside and watching the birds that fly from tree to tree.

Even the herons like fishing at Cloud 9. This heron caught a sculpin.


Gary's catch of the day.


Snakes like the water too. This is a water snake swimming in the spring.


Spring at Cloud 9 Ranch.

Indiana

Mom and dad decided to take a trip to Missouri and Indiana. They met us at Lake Fork, Texas, and we traveled together to Indiana. We had a great time visiting with mom's sisters, Carolyn and Trula, and brother, Roger. We had a campfire every night, but the fish frys were the best. My uncles, Roger and Don, were the cooks for the fish frys. The guys would fish during the day and the girls would do what girls do best, talk. There were lots of gnats and so many bit Gary that his left eye was swollen shut so I had to take him to the dr. for an allergy shot and some meds. We experienced a rain and wind storm. I kept praying that the wind was blowing the same way the rig was facing so when the trees were blown over, at least they might fall beside the rig and not across it. The rain was coming from every direction and it sounded liked hundreds of little people were throwing rocks at the side of the rig. It rained over 3.5 inches during the storm. There were a few limbs on the ground in the morning, but none of our group suffered any damage to their rigs. My uncle, Roger and his wife, Nancy, have a place that they stay in during their visits. I enjoyed visiting with Nancy and watching many birds enjoy the bird feeders that they have up.



Wonder what they are talking about?


Cardinal enjoying the feeder.





Coming in for a landing.