Remnants of forgotten Mountains.

And yet, a third giant hole for my daughter on her birthday. How many children can say the same?

The exposed rock/bone at the upper left, inside the circle, is the skull, from there you can see the remains of the body and upper legs;

Descending from Wolf Pass in Colorado. We stopped for gas before entering the pass at a small station in the middle of nowhere. The lady working the register took one look at me and started recounting all the accidents people had while in the pass. On the one hand, I'm hurt, on the other, she wasn't wrong about my driving.

Funny story about the drive home. We took a detour in Kansas to see the old growth tall grass. It was 105degrees, a two hour detour, and when we arrived there was no grass. The ranger just looked at us with a confused look, "why would you have ever thought the grass would be growing in the middle of a drought?" AnnaLeigh audibly groaned from somewhere in the distance.

We Stopped for a beer and pizza. While talking to the staff, we were warned, "you may want to be off the mountain by sundown." I maintain they were talking about mountain vampires, Leanna says it was about all the deer on the curvy road with no guard rails.

Mormon Crickets, thousands. It was like driving on popcorn. Magpies being rest area opportunists.

This was an old trading post for the Native Peoples before colonization began. The People had heard of the Spanish and their desire for gold and silver, and had prior knowledge that the Spaniards would soon be arriving. It was decided that the best course, was to tell the Spanish that there was no gold at the trading post, but to the North, along the plains, were a People who also loved gold and silver. They told the Spanish to ride North, and seek a People who call themse