Greetings, all! Wow, you guys have caught on to this blogging thing like teenagers!
We returned safely from our tour of the Southwest and other parts last Sunday. We ended up driving 3200 miles, round trip. Freya was a real trooper, though she was getting pretty sick of the car seat by the time it was all said and done.
The picture of Matt & Freya was taken at Montezuma Castle National Monument, which is a cliff dwelling about an hour north of Phoenix. As the mother of a toddler, I was giving these places an eye toward toddler safety, and decided this place was a good option, as it had big walls. (Unlike Walnut Canyon National Monument, a cliff dwelling with a 75' open drop down to a creek bottom.) On the other hand, access to Montezuma Castle involved climbs up several stories on hand-made ladders, not something I'd care to venture with a wiggly toddler on my back.
Freya is exhibiting typical toddler behavior: bouts of extreme independence alternating with bouts of extreme clinginess. The other picture shows the first version, where she demanded to be able to walk on the roughest possible terrain. That one was taken at Petroglyph National Monument just outside Albuquerque.
We had a great, though abbreviated, visit with Michele and David. The weather cut our Denver party short, which probably cost the Denver retailers untold amounts of cash by getting Matt, Michele and I out of retail mode. But we wanted to do the safe and prudent thing and get ahead of the big storm, so we left early. Fought some weather across southern Wyoming and Idaho, but here we are, safe and sound.
Looking forward to Mom & Dad's visit in April--I think we may put them to work helping us put a vegetable garden in. Bring your gardening gloves!
Much love,
Casey, Matt & Freya
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