Clau-stro-pho-bia (noun) 1. an irrational fear of being in a confined or enclosed space (like a cave or cavern) 2. a fear of being in a small or crowded space, or in a place that seems difficult to get out of quickly (like in a cave or cavern) 3. an uncomfortable feeling that you have when you think that you do not have enough freedom to do what you want (like in a cave or cavern with Tim and three fearless teenagers!). Into the cave, the hike beneath terra f...

We finally left Maricopa, Arizona amazingly without a horse, but thanks to Kim with two lassos so the kids can keep practicing roping each other!? We are at long last headed east. We stopped for the afternoon at White Sands, New Mexico. What a fun place! It is the world's largest gypsum sand desert. An entire horizon of brilliant white sand, just like snow, but warmer! We made sand angels and rented a slip 'n slide saucer and went sliding down the dunes like...