Our summer vacation!

What a nice surprise to see you here! I know, I know I haven't been around at all in the last month or two. But I wanted to share our summer vacation! We were gone 10 days...July 2 thru July 11. Here is the simple recap:

Thursday

• leave San Diego at 7am, arrive in Camp Verde, Arizona at 5pm
• lunch: Yuma at Carl's Jr.
• dinner: Camp Verde at Johnny Rockets
• on the road all day

Friday

• leave Camp Verde, Arizona at 9am, arrive in Mancos, Colorado
• breakfast: Camp Verde at Cliff Castle Casino
• lunch: Sandwiches on the road
• dinner: Hamburgers on the grill
• play minature golf

Saturday

• leave Mancos at noon, arrive in Durango, Colorado at 4pm
• go to Mesa Verde National Park
• see Spruce Tree House
• lunch: Spruce Tree Terrace
• Lil'D got a Jr. Park Ranger Badge!!
• we drove to Durango, parked the RV at United Campgrounds and guess what ran through the campground? The train tracks for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad(riding the train was the main reason we went to Durango!)
• we drove into town to watch the Fourth of July parade, but when the train arrived we watched them put the engine in the shed instead of the parade.
• dinner: spaghetti in the motorhome
  

Sunday

• leave Durango on the 8:30am train, arrive in Silverton at 12pm-2 hours for lunch
• breakfast: McDonalds
• lunch: Mother Cluckers
• leave Silverton at 2pm, arrive Durango at 5:30pm
• dinner: at the motorhome
  
  
  
  
  

Monday

• leave Durango and drive through Silverton, Ouray, and Telluride
• Durango: Honeyville
• Silverton: One hundred Gold Mine
• Ouray: Lunch at Goldbelt Bar & Grill
• Telluride: rode the free gondola and Lild did the Bungee Trampoline
• long short cut home (off road excursion in an HHR)
• dinner: in the motorhome

Tuesday

• Drove to Purgatory Durango Mountain Resort and rode the Alpine Slide (I forgot to put the battery in my camera so I have no photos)
• Jeremy crashed hard.
• Lunch: motorhome
• Dinner: Bar D Chuckwagon supper

Wednesday

• Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
• looked around in the shops in downtown Durango
• played on the railroad tracks!
• get ice cream at Dairy Queen

Thursday

• left Durango at 7:30am, arrived in Williams, AZ at 4pm
• lunch: McDonalds
• watch the Grand Canyon Train arrive
• dinner: in the motorhome
• eat smores
• go for a trike ride before it got completely dark

Friday

• went to the grand canyon
• lunch: peanute butter and jelly sandwiches in the motorhome
• leave williams, AZ at 1pm, arrive Phoenix, AZ at 7pm
• dinner: McDonalds

Saturday

• leave Phoenix, AZ at 8:30am, arrive San Diego, CA 4pm
• drive all day
• unpack, wash clothes

Hope you enjoyed the recap. It really was a great vacation!!