Before Ryan and mom and I left yesterday, we took this picture (too bad we hadn't thought to do it when we were with grandma!)

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We made it to Kansas yesterday! The mountains were cool leaving Santa Fe, which eventually turned into fields..lots and lots of fields. A lot of the little towns we passed through were so depressing..so many things boarded up and deserted and sad looking. Probably the only things keeping them alive are cows and/or grain production. Part of the ( Read more... )

On Saturday we went to the Monet exhibit at the Denver Art Museum..mom still wasn't feeling the greatest, but she went anyway. Denver (downtown at least) was not what I was expecting..there were so many homeless people! It was really sad to see that. Monet's paintings are nice, but there were so many of them..they gave you a device you could listen ( Read more... )

Dec. 31: Mom and I boarded the plane to Anchorage at 5 something..even though the flight was less than an hour, I still felt gross. We had a few hours to kill in Anchorage, so we hung out at the lounge upstairs (mom and Dana both have slept there lol) and had dinner. Even though it was dark when we landed, I could see there was no snow on the ( Read more... )