Here is part 1 of a 4 part blog of today's events. Unknowingly, we apparently planned a week's worth of tourist activities in one day, but we did it, all in a 12 hour time frame. We are exhausted! This will be short to start.. We headed to the Four Corners Monument, less than an hour from where we were staying. We were lucky to get there as early as we did because we got some sweet pictures with no bystanders in the background. As soon we were leaving the par...

Another 425 miles driven today to get from Oklahoma to Colorado. The main point of this leg was to get to the four corners and be able to see Monument Valley (both being done tomorrow!) So we drove the long drive from Oklahoma to Cortez, CO. Talk about a scenic view!! And I though Washington was green! Colorado is so gorgeous! We drove through some awesome places that Jaime and I would actually be very interested in going back to. We were able to stop and get ...

We drove 425 miles more to Oklahoma... So....I know there are a LOT of things to do in Oklahoma, and I know where I stayed was probably not a true reflection of the whole state, but Boise City was not too exciting. What was exciting was the fact that being in Oklahoma meant that I have officially been to all 50 states!! That was my other goal to accomplish before hitting 30! (the other was skydiving - got that done too!) Because there were so many other thin...

We figured since Roswell was pretty much on the way to Oklahoma, we should stop to check it out. We went mainly to check out the UFO Museum and Research Center. (Another thrifty tourist stop - 5 bucks for us civilians to get in - 3 bucks for Jaime since he is a veteran). Roswell was pretty much exactly how I imagined it - a lot of Alien stuff. Literally every store, bank, gas station, etc, had aliens or ufo's painted on their windows or signs. Even their stree...

Today we journeyed into the deep Carlsbad Caverns - 750 feet below the Earth's surface. Now you wanna talk about dark, these were some dark caverns. We opted for a tour of the Left Hand Caverns and it was a lantern tour. That means we went old school had had literal candle, hand-held lanterns. It was a cheap tour (price-wise it was a priceless experience) $17 each person, and about 2 hours in length. The hiking itself was not too strenuous, but it was a lot of ...