Road Trip Vacation 2008

Vacation this time was "road trip," and I'm not kidding. We spent 5 days in the car and drove forever. It reminded me of when we all did stuff like that in our 20s. So, here's a bunch of photos from our road trip. It's easier than e-mailing it to you guys ! Cool huh?

Here's a few of Mo playing around, you can see more of Mo on his own Blog where he writes about living with us : ) he was very good on the trip. He didn't really like the water though.

Mo has his own wrestling match with the towel... isn't he the cutest pup ever?? YES !

Out for a little walk in the morning. I'm glad we found this place to say, we stumbled across this wonderful little place in Malibu. The night before, Howie drove along the coast looking for just the 'right place' and this one was great.

The 'porch' was right on the sand, the bed was so cushy and the sunrise in the morning over the ocean, cuddling with your loved ones, listening to the waves crashing was a great way to start the the road trip.

Sunrise in Malibu. Everyone should experience this beauty.
We headed to LA to talk with some folks about our new ideas for some upcoming events we're planning and enjoy lunch at Fred Siegel, a very nice treat from some special people. Then to San Diego to spend the afternoon visiting with the kids and letting Howie entertain them and their dates. Then to Arizona, we didn't arrive until 3 am, but since Howie was driving and I was sleeping... it was good. Howie's mom is into the "red hat club," it is sooooo too cute. We spent Howie's Birthday there and I went shopping so Mom and Son could have some time alone, it's always good for parents to have alone time no matter what the age. I still like it : ) It would have been nice to spend more time but we had a lot of ground to cover over the next few days.



Heading to Grand Canyon, we detoured through Sedona Arizona. Pretty, but, very very crowded. Too crowded and for what reason? Shops in the middle of the desert. But the landscape is one-of-a-kind.


From the car's open roof top I took this photo.

So Howie insisted on showing me the meteor crater and I was glad he did. It's unbelievable that people didn't originally believe it was from a meteor, or something external crashing into the earth. It took a lot of years to convince people. The site remains in one family who has cared for it for nearly 100 years.

On the observation deck,


A few various photos


We went way way out of the way to take Route 66 after the Grand Canyon toward California, but I'm glad we did, it was very nostalgic to stumble across little cafe's and towns. We talked to people who lived in these places and met some interesting characters.

This funny photo is really of Mo "attacking" a big buffalo statue. He went crazy , barking and trying to 'stand up,' to the buffalo. It was funny to watch. The statue was outside a little cafe on Route 66.
On Route 66


We seriously saw this little trailer on a side road in a tiny town on Route 66, we were turning around by going down the street and saw this parked there and laughed, we just had to take the photo. What's funny about the photo? If you can see it, the sign reads "Gourmet Coffee."

A cute little cafe and shop

We had lunch at this B & B on 395


GRAND CANYON - if you have not been, you must go. I first saw this majestic place a few years ago while returning home from visiting Krissy-poo when she lived in Colorado for a short while, when I first saw it I was stunned. It was like nothing I'd ever seen in spite of all the pictures. When we worked this stop into the Road Trip I knew Howie would love it. Here's a group of photos. Here we are... it's easy to get people to take your photo because everyone asks everyone else... to see a larger version, click on the photo.




I put Howie on a helicopter ride over the grand canyon for his birthday present, he took like 40 photos. I did the helicopter ride a few years ago, it's breathtaking.

Yes, Howie really is out there on this unprotected ledge on this photo. I asked him not to do it, I even told him if anything happens to him his mother would kill me, but he was careful even though the word "careful" and standing on a ledge that drops 500 feet to the canyon floor don't go hand in hand, but it worked out.

Yeah, the photo below is me climbing back up ... sure...
actually I took a similar photo of Howie. We were walking by a trail and I could see what a cool photo it would be, I'm standing on a ledge a very safe ledge, it's does not drop off into the canyon and with the camera at rock level, it turned out like this. Funny huh? Almost like a fake backdrop.