Map of 2011 Vacation Roadtip

Places we stopped and visited: Grand Canyon, Arizona; Las Vegas, Nevada; Calico Ghost Town, Calico, CA; Hoover Dam, Boulder, Nevada; Flagstaff, Arizona; Bearizona Drive-thru Wild Animal Park, Williams, Arizona; Meteor Crater at Winslow, Arizona; Holbrook, AZ; Gallup, New Mexico; Grants, NM; Albuquerque, NM; Clines Corners, NM; Santa Rosa, NM; Dinosaur Museum at Tucumcari, NM; Amarillo, Texas; Shamrock, TX; Clinton, Oklahoma; Sam Noble Museum of Natural History at Norman, Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, Silver Dollar City at Branson, Missouri; and Bentonville, AR.

So, please have patience. I have literally thousands of photos to go through and post.

The Hoover Dam

This has been my 3rd time visiting the Hoover Dam and it is much more magnificant than the last time. They added a bridge (the Hoover Dam bypass) so that large semi-trucks and regular traffic no longer cross over the dam.

Jump Zone

The girls had a fun time at Jump Zone. It is a warehouse full of inflatable jumping castles and slides.

Jump Zone from IncrediblyX on Vimeo.

Calico Ghost Town

Calico Ghost Town

This ghost town was once a booming mining community in the late 1800s. The types of minerals found were silver and bauxite.






There was a train ride, mine tours and a few other things going on there. It is pretty neat to see and to spend a couple of hours on your way to or from Las Vegas to southern California.


Ruins of Chinatown

Silver Dollar City

Silver Dollar City is a theme park in Branson, Missouri which is set in the 1880's.
In other words, it is like Crackerbarrel with 60 acres of rides and entertainment.
This park was not crowded, the food was great and the lines were really short (if there were any). Most of the time, there were no lines. :)





Town Hall of Learning
Swings
Air Guns
Water Gun Ride
Marble Ball
Kids examining an antique drill.
Frog Ride

Enjoying the Waterfall
Catepillar Ride
Creek


All You Can Eat Catfish Lunch
Carasel Horses and Bears

Big green catepillar
Bakery

Arkansas Adventure!

The Gang
The Store that started Wal-Mart
Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, was a humble and non-pretentious guy. Although, the wealthiest man in America for his time, he still drove a beat-up pickup truck.
Dora the Explorer and kids
David smiles at dinner time.

Get your Kicks on Route 66

A mega playground at a Rest Area along the I40 past Amarillo, Texas.
Stay out of rocks and tall weeds.
Cherokee Diner
I told you!