The Grand Canyon.

 This is on the way to the canyon lots of rocks and desert. Not like good ole South Dakota!!

 This was a big bird maybe a big crow?

 Here she is the Grand Canyon. I'm sure it's a she cus of it's Beauty:)

 Way down there was some water. The Colorado River runs through the canyon. If you saw the move  Into the Wild I think that was the river he went down to Mexico on.The pictures don't come close to how big, deep and awesome it is.

 Guess who?

 These are the best pictures of me well maybe could have been a little farther away! I can't smile on demand, and my eyes are either squinted or shut, so I like this picture!!

 This was a lodge. Maybe we will stay there someday.

 The mail for the town of Supai is carried by a mule train it takes 3 hours to make the 8 mile trip to get the mail to the bottom of the canyon. Supia is on the Havasupai Indian Reservation. You can only get there by foot, mule or helicopter. Who wants to ride a mule down with me someday?????

This is a view off the bridge at the Hoover Dam from the bus as we drove over it. When we came back it was dark and the Dam was all lit up.
More of Vegas to come.........JMF

The Adventure Continues!!

 We are leaving the Black Hills behind as we fly off to Las Vegas. The hills really do look black from the plane.

 I'm thinking this wouldn't be a good place to land...crash or parachute out of the plane:)

 And there's the strip the tall ones way out there!

 We stayed at Ballys and Paris was next door so we walked over there and decided to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower it is 1/2 the size of the real one. This the fountains at the Bellagio. We had a birds eye view!

 Another picture from the top of the tower.

 I noticed the green trees not much grass but the plants were so nice and green. It made ready for spring at home.

 The new bridge over the Hoover Dam. The next day we go over it twice!

 Greg,Julie,Paula and Gary. Sometimes we needed our jackets and then it would get warm and off they go.

 The turbines in the Hoover Dam. Yes we took the Dam tour!! My mistake we had the Deluxe Dam Tour. The guys seemed to enjoy it us girls just tagged along you know us, and all that mechanical  stuff. Yeah we'll just take your word for it. Water and magnets makes electricity for California!

 The Dam

 These little rodents were all over there. Don't feed them........

 This was at the Ethel M choco factory. Good chocolate yummy.

 We went downtown to  Fremont St. You probably won't believe me but that's Paula and  I. We just wanted to make a few bucks to put in the machines................Ok so it wasn't us but I had you looking for a second, and then you thought Julie isn't that tall LOL

 This is the light show down there. Something to see.

So that was the first 2 days in Vegas. We also went to a couple of shows and ate some good food.
Next stop the Grand Canyon................JMF

I'm back from our adventure!!!

 We are (were) on our way to Rapid City to the Stock Show. I decided we wanted to drive through the Badlands!

 I am driving and Greg is taking the pictures when I tell him too. He's not an obsessive picture taker like me:)

 When we stopped at the visitor center, bathroom break I got in the passenger side...I won't bore you with all the pictures I took.

 The sun came out for awhile and things were brighter and the colors showed more. This part is more yellow than red.

 I wondered what the first people to see the Badlands thought? I'm sure how do we get the heck out of here? It is beautiful I think.

 On Sat and Sun at 1:00 there was a quilt trunk show by the different quilt groups around the Black Hills area. Paula and I were in the front row both days!

 The next weekend Paula bought this boot pattern and the same fabric for the boarder. When I was looking at my pictures I'm like it's the same! Good job Paula:)

 Of course I had to take pics of the western quilts. These were all on display, not part of the trunk shows.

 I like them all.

 She used a old piece of barn wood and barbed wire to hang her little quilt. I might steal that idea someday.

 Wildlife panel in the center helps make a quick quilt any guy would like.

 More western

 I liked the colors of this one.

 The rooster was painted then you sprayed water on it. It looked neat.

 Barns alot of cutting, measuring & sewing to much for me, but I'd take it if you gave it to me:)

 Cute hens with lots of eggs................

 Again with the western quilts.

More chickens lots of work went into that one too.
Fri night we went to the show Joyful Noise we all enjoyed it even the guys. Got back to the hotel and sat around and visited with Dale, Daine, Dan,Mary,Gary and Paula good time had by all:)
Ate lots of good food at Applebees and Famous Daves.
to be continued next stop Vegas baby...............JMF