Red Rock Canyon Park - Colorado Springs

View from park to Garden of the Gods

Fresh snow!

We had a storm last night and had 6" of fresh snow to ski in today. It was a very cold day, but we managed to keep warm. Kids are skiing great and I am still able to keep up for now. By the end of the week, I will definitely be left behind. We found a Vietnamese restaurant in Frisco and are now warming up with a nice warm bowl of pho.

Our first stop was Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs!

Check out the famous kissing camels on the top of the rock! After driving through the mid-west for so many hours, the red rock here and Pike's Peak are incredible sights.

We made it to Colorado on Thursday afternoon.

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City Museum - St. Louis

This is the most incredible place! We absolutely were not disappointed the second time back here. We spent the day exploring and discovering. There were so many things added from three years ago. Well worth the trip to St. Louis.

Will and Claire's new song

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Claire had the most comfortable spot last night. She slept across the top of our luggage.

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Last night we slept at a rest stop in Illinois. We had a decent 6 hour sleep and are now 18 miles from the city of St. Louis. We are having breakfast today at Country Pride in Troy. Will and Claire are enjoying the $5 children's buffet. Will says that we will get our money worth for sure. He is starving.

Dinner In Girard, Ohio at one of our favorites!

Filling up at the Penn. border!

Quick stop in Pennsylvania

WE ARE ON THE ROAD!!!

We are 13 hours and 40 minutes away from St. Louis! We left home 8 hours late, but are now on route 80 heading into Pennsylvania. Definitely much harder to pack up and leave than you would think.

COOPS ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Photos

A very loud howler monkey

Roadside pizote

garrobo - lizards were everywhere

Relaxing at our second house, Casa Cocha

That is a real scorpion!  Needless to say, I didn't sleep well that night.  

Pochote Tree

Pochote flowers - We found out from Christobal and Marlene that they are edible.  Will and Claire made us a salad out of them.  My portion has a bit too much hot sauce. 

Saying goodbye to Marlene and Angelina:(

To keep the dust down on the roads, molasses is thrown down in buckets.   One of the drawbacks was when Will got his flip flop stuck in the syrup and skinned his toe.

Our shuttle drivers home.  Grandma and Grandpa picked us up at Newark with a bag full of warm clothes.  Thank goodness as it was 93 in Costa Rica and dropping below 20 here.   

Will and Claire are so happy to see Grandpa and Grandma.  It was a long trip!

A hike to the river

Dan holds a block party!

It doesn't matter if it's Costa Rica or Bradley, Dan loves to have a fiesta.

Casa Concha