Merry Christmas

 Christmas Eve with the family.  Mom heading for her 101 birthday.

 Christmas play with Audrey one of the wise men.

Sophie getting ready for her role as a shepherd.

Reunion with old friends

Jake and Scott have been friends since they were two years old.  On Sunday we were able to get together at Dave and Linda's house and a chance for the girls to meet each other.  Jake and Dana's daughter will soon be a year old and is cute as a button.  Great fun.

Early Christmas with the Murphy's

 Cole is always ready for dinner.  At nine he is really growing up fast.

 It is always fun when we all get together.

I think the girls are ready for dinner as well.  These three had the best weekend together.

Hike in the rain...

 Last year we got caught in a sleet storm so we bought Reilly a rain coat.  We got to use it today.

Cathedral Rock loop

 One day we did the loop hike that leaves from the Bell Rock area and circles Cathedral Rock.

 It is about an eight or nine mile hike and even gets down to Oak Creek by Red Rock Crossing.  It is a chance to see the Cathedral from all sides.

Lunch on the trail

 Reilly loves hiking but loves lunch even more.

Hiking in Sedona

 We are back up in Sedona for a week of hiking.  Perfect weather and a great hike.

More Door County

 More Fall Color

On the recommendation of Jasper we had lunch and ice cream here today.  This place has been here since 1906.

Door County

 We have spend the last couple of days in Door County.  The leaves are really changing.

 We have been to at least 8 light houses here.

 Today we took the ferry to Washington Island, a great tour.

 This is the view from the top of the tower (in the lower picture).  It was a 75 foot climb up the tower.

Day 6 Katy Trail

 We made it!!!!! 225 miles (really 240 if you count the mileage to the lodging each night).

What a great trip.

Day 4 & 5 Katy Trail

 The high mark I am pointing to is one of the flood marks in past years.  Where I am standing is probably 12 feet above the river.

 The scenery along the river is beautiful.

 Just one of the neat farms along the way.

 Thursday night was spent in a B & B in Hermann.

This is where we had dinner last night.  Tonight we arrived in Augusta.  200 plus miles under our belt.

Day 3 of bike trip

 We are on day three of our Katy Trail trip.  Day two was just Andy and I from Sedalia to Rocheport (50 miles) Wow..... This was the only tunnel on the Katy trail for the train.  You come into Rocheport right after passing through the tunnel.

The Frazier's joined us last night at Rocheport.  Here we are at the end of today's ride at Jefferson City.  Except we had to ride 3 more miles to the hotel.

Jefferson City is the capitol of the state.

Biking the Katy Trail

 Saturday we flew into St. Louis for our Katy Trail trip.  Sunday morning we drove down to see the Arch.  We then were picked up for the 4 1/2 hour drive to the end of the trail in Clinton.

 Monday morning we started out on our 40 mile ride to Sedilia

The weather was perfect and the ride was beautiful.

Monsoon flooding

 These pictures do not do justice to the amount of water that was coming down the wash behind the house.  We had 4 1/2 inches of rain today.  When we would open the back door the sound of the water rushing down the wash was a roar.

Rafting in Park City

 We have spent the week in Park City with our friends, Jim & Vicki Varing and Tom and Sue Barker.

 Today we went rafting on the Weber River.

It was a beautiful day and lots of fun.

Fun with the Hummingbirds

This year we purchased an inexpensive hummingbird feed to keep in the trailer.  We have had more fun watching the birds at each campsite.  They are very jealous of the feeder and try to keep other birds away.  We have had to fill it twice.  On Hwy 150 Andy added a branch so they could sit and feed.

The Notch

Today we hiked past Wall Lake to the top of the Notch.  This is the view down the opposite side from the top.

Notch Lake hike

 We are in Utah now up Hwy 150.  We hike today to Bench Lake which is the lake past Notch Lake.

Notch Lake

Grand Mesa Co, Crags Crest Hike

 Andy gets the hiking award for doing this 11 mile hike on a narrow trail.

 The wildflowers are beautiful