This picture is terrible, but we left Silver City around 5am. We drove through some extremely dry land, but then were able to see lots of elk and mule deer grazing early as we drove through some areas that had some grass. We had a carful of excited kids on the lookout for bears and such as we drove through Gila National Forest and Apache National Forest. We made it to Flagstaff for lunch, and let the kids play at ChickFilA for an hour. God Bless ChickFilA! We sho...

For dinner, we stopped at "The Red Barn Steakhouse" basically because we are suckers for any restaurant that has the word steakhouse in the title. We were quickly reminded to avoid such touristy places when dining. This is the picture #3 colored while we waited.

Some friends suggested on Saturday that it might be fun to camp on the way some, so we tried it Monday night. There was a playground, pool, and room to run, so we have a new travel option! I do reserve the right to request a hotel at anytime.