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I got the Journey to Elsie travel map all hooked up with our route, stops, and photos. I also updated Niko’s travel page.

Home again, home again…

We had a great weekend in Boulder — the Sladden’s and Richau’s are amazing hosts. In addition to some great hang out time, on Saturday we went into town and had high tea at the Boulder Tea House. We also managed to stop at my favorite hiking store on the way (Monte Bell). Niko and […]

Day three took us through eastern Utah and then on to Colorado. Highway 70 through Colorado is arguably the most beautiful highway in America. I’ve driven it over ten times and it never gets old. The road cuts through Rocky Mountain gorges in a way that doesn’t seem possible. Lew tracked down an amazing brunch […]

On our second day we left EUREKA! and continued through the Nevada desert. When you are in the desert you have to soak the boy in sun tan lotion. You also have to eat a lot of ice cream to stay hydrated. Here you see Sumo showing off how well he can blend into the […]

Part of the fun of staying in a town called Eureka is every time you say it, you can say it as an exclamation (EUREKA!). This never gets old. Especially when on a long road trip. EUREKA! is a wonderful town with a population of about 600 (although I feel like they might have double […]

Our third stop on the first day was at the Hickison Petroglyphs. Sumo didn’t get eaten by a rattlesnake on our hike, which was great news. I made the stop really exciting by locking the keys in the trunk. Nothing like locking the keys in the trunk when you are in the middle of the […]

After leaving Tahoe, we hit US 50, which is indeed one of the loneliest roads I’ve been on. It is rare we encounter another car. We came upon a shoe tree in the middle of the Nevada desert. I was hopeful that shoes in fact might grow on trees, but they were old shoes. Here […]

The first stop on our Journey to Elsie was Lake Tahoe for some ice cream. I still have yet to see a lake that rivals the blueness of Tahoe. I gave Niko a lecture on how it was the deepest lake in the US only to learn later (thank you iPhone + Wikipedia) that Crater […]

We haven’t met Elsie Lane Sladden yet which seemed like as good an excuse as any to take a road trip to Colorado. We want Niko to see the west before he gets old enough to ask, “are we there yet?” Lew and Mart decided to join us for the journey because, well, they are […]