Trip Out!

We left Prosper on Thursday the 21st, around 5:30 in the morning.  We planned that so we could stop and have breakfast in Vernon with Jenna, McLain, Emerson, and Quinn.  From there we drove to Amarillo to hit I-40.  Here is a picture of us at the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo.

Here is Lil (notice her tongue) and I beside our initials.  If you have never stopped at the Cadillac Ranch, its pretty cool.  People leave their spray paint, so don't think Jay and I are so cool that we remembered to bring our own.  After Amarillo it was on to Albuquerque and an eventful night!!!

On to that story, so Jay has had this "thing" growing on his leg.  It starts by itching really bad and then the next morning it looks like a white head (nasty I know).   The day before we left a new one had developed, well what do you know on the drive up another one started to develop and by the time we arrived his knee was starting to swell and he was in a lot of pain.  SO around 9:30 he decided we might need to see a doctor.  Here are the pictures I made him take in the ER.

These things turned out to be folliculitis that became infected with either strep or staph, the doctor wasn't sure, but he prescribed him medicine that ended up helping.

The next day (June 22) we drove to the Grand Canyon.  It was about a 7-8 hour drive from Albuquerque.  We stayed at The Grand Hotel, which was nice and we recommend it to anyone.  We spent 2 days at the Grand Canyon, which gave us time to walk the trail on the outer rim.  Here are some pictures from our walk.

family picture (minus Ace sadly)

 Jay decided to be artistic and take a picture through his sunglasses

 Lily the mountain lion!!!

Cool scenery pic

Lily got tired and thirsty towards the end of our walk

After our morning walk along the south rim of the Grand Canyon, we drove back to our hotel took a small rest and began our next adventure... A helicopter tour!  We took an hour long tour of the Grand Canyon that was amazing.  Here are some pictures.

 

 

After the Grand Canyon, we made the long drive to Fresno.  After driving for several days already, this last 10 hour portion was...

REALLY...

REALLY...

REALLY...

REALLY...

REALLY LONG!!!

It was so long Jay even asked me to drive.  We finally made it there safe on Sunday night and stayed in a hotel.  Monday we woke up early to move in to our new apartment and waited and waited and waited for our stuff and the movers to show up.  Finally by the end of the day, our stuff arrived and consequently, we could only unpack a small amount of stuff.

We will try and get some pictures of our condo and also Fresno/Clovis in general.