Shuffling off to Buffalo - what -- no wings???

On the way to Rainbow Falls - near Mammoth Lakes

Basically it was a day in the car - we have 560 miles to go to reach the solitude of Marmota Acres.  We are finally in the Eastern Time zone.  Maddox (our car)  will have added over 11,000 miles during our trip.  Whew, she is ready for a rest!

Following a Lanz tradition, we (I) kept track of the state license plates and are still missing only two states.  Can you guess which ones? Maybe Alaska or Hawaii?  No!  We saw several Alaska cars and one Hawaii (guess they shipped it here cause it wouldn't float).  Surprising that over the last 40 days we didn't see a Mississippi or a West Virginia.

Dear Sons: we haven't played the alphabet game even once - need you for that.  I get too distracted to play fairly while driving.

Here is another surprising thing:  Today we had our first rain in 40 days.  The last was a few dribbles driving through NY on the way west.  Today it was in Ohio & PA on the way east.  Maddox was thrilled to finally get the red clay from the Navaho Reservation partially watered off of her.  This is a  phenomena for us!  Every vacation we take it seems to be in the rain.  We went to Turks & Caicos and they had 8 inches of rain --they only get 17 inches a year!  We always pack rain jackets and this time they have remained int he bottom of the suitcase.  Fair warning if you ever vacation with us!

No new pictures to post today so I will post 3 of my favorites:

Blair & Eric Outside their apartment

Bryce Canyon

Looking forward to hearing from all of you when we get home and hopefully seeing you all soon.

Love, 

Mrs. Murray Rider