Roadtrips

We left town for another 3 weeks in June/July to escape the summer heat in Arizona and enjoy the mountains and cooler weather in Colorado. We took our time driving and spent some time in Moab and Grand Junction and Greg was able to do some fun mountain biking.

The kids are great little road trippers. I think we prefer road tripping over the airplane any day. They loved the hotel rooms, jumping on the beds, the pools and continental breakfasts. Although the picture of the kids in the car below isn't from the drive, it explains their personalities perfectly on the road trip.  Patrick was very chill and Ellie was freaking out about driving up high in the mountains. Right before this trip, she developed a serious fear of driving on hills. Perfect timing for our drive to Denver.

In Moab, we went to a cute little park called Rodeo Park.  They had gigantic musical instruments made from different materials like wood and metal. We also went to Arches National Park. It was beautiful. We didn't do a lot of hiking because it was hot but Daddy and Ellie were able to hike up to one of the arches while Patrick slept in the car. Ellie got quite a hiking wound but she was a tough cookie!

We brought the froggy toilet because Patrick was showing some potty training skills but it certainly came in handy for Ellie when we were driving in the middle of nowhere! When we were in Grand Junction we went to a fun little street fair. Ellie had fun riding her bike around Grand Junction.