This morning we woke up to a much higher altitude I think. I went out for my morning run at my normal pace and nearly imploded my lungs. I thoughts my eardrums were going to burst after I was done. Then I couldn't stop coughing with tight lungs and realized it was asthma! The younger two boys had similar ear issues. Panadol eased that. We were given permission to use Bodie's newly purchased BB gun. How fun! We all had a turn. I am a good shot! Some of t...

After we stayed at Calico Ghost Town much longer than planned, quite a bit of the ride to Kingman was in darkness. I was disappointed to find out that bodie's highly anticipated Redneck's BBQ is closed on Sundays. We grabbed a tiny snack at Taco Bell, before settling on In and Out Burger. Very tasty! Fresh and preservative free. Underneath the cups and on the chips packets are Bible verses. The 7 yr old was presented with an In and Out servers hat. He took...

We still managed to pull into Flagstaff after dark last night. For this reason, I sacrificed dinner at Olive Garden (insert sad face) situated on the other side of town. It gave us the opportunity to try Del Taco ( every time the younger two have seen one, they both clamour to call out 'Del Taco'!!!' It is a cool people thing, I guess....) It was reasonable tasting and cheap. My taco salad was pretty tasty. We only realised today that the 7 yr old left his ...

Such a slow start this morning! These group of aussies must think they are on holiday or something! By the time we finally got organized and out of there, it was 1:15 before we arrived at the Calico Ghost Town. What a place! We loved it. An old silver mine- now a tourist trap and by golly we ate it all up. The highlight was Dano- a huge character with so much time for us. He chatted with us for quite a while and ended up being our tour guide at part of it....

We had no wifi for ages once our first flight had been cancelled, so I had no idea if the booked shuttle had received my email. We staggered out of customs, exhausted and a little overwhelmed, to see no man in a red hat and shirt waiting for us. Our international phone wasn't working, no wifi. The sweet little man at the information desk kept looking at my phone and saying 'why can't you use Internet? Your phone has wi-five.' So cute. I eventually decided w...