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Jesus took the wheel- May Adventure

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We were set to leave on a short vacation to Estes Park on Friday morning in May. Food/meals were all made and ready to be packed inside the RV, everything else was ready to go. We originally decided not to bring Malachi but changed our minds that morning so I called the RV park to let them know. When I called I was surprised by them telling us that they got 4 feet of snow the night before and have trees and power lines down. Ugh, now what? I called Kyle joking that we should head south instead because every RV trip we take, its wet or freezing. Well, the joke turned into reality and as soon as Kyle got home at lunch time, we simply headed south. Not knowing exactly where we would end up, we just knew we were ready for the adventure! We made it to Trinidad around dinner time so we decided to stop and eat in the Walmart parking lot there. We were searching the internet and found that just 1.5 hours away, there was a volcano in New Mexico! What?! The boys love Volcanoes so we decided to stay put in Trinidad's Walmart parking lot and when we woke up, we headed south again! We ended up breaking down on Raton Pass...lol. It took about an hour for the RV to cool down enough and stop smoking. we got Harvey started and were off again! We reached the Capulin Volcano around lunch time! They wouldn't let the RV up to the top because it was too long to turn around so we hiked around the base. The boys loved finding lava rocks but were a little disappointed that we couldn't go to the top. Overall, it was a fun time and we are so thankful we found this random gem! After that, we saw that an hour east of Capulin Volcano, there was a lake and dinosaur fossil footprints! Another great find! So we set out for that! We ended up fishing there and the boys loved seeing the dinosaur footprints. Kyle lost the RV keys so he had to backtrack everywhere around the lake we had been. Thankfully he found them on some rocks we were hiking on. After fishing and exploring, we looked at the map and saw that 1.5 hours away in Amarillo Texas, there was a Cane's! We LOVE Raising Cane's and this restaraunt is one of the main reasons we head up to Fort Collins every year. So, for dinner, we headed to Amarillo! We decided to stay the night there and explore the town the next morning. They have a great zoo there! Nothing like Denver Zoo or Cheyenne Mountain zoo but no one was there and everything was close! It was so stress free and fun to not have crowds and be able to do all the activities they offer at the zoo! We ate at Cane's one more time before heading north to Oklahoma! We didn't stay there long before heading to Kansas! We stayed the night there and then headed back to Colorado in the morning. WOW! What an unexpected trip! This is the trip that inspired us to make it a goal to visit all 50 states by the time the boys graduate high school...we are guessing Alaska and Hawaii will be graduation gifts! 6 states down....44 to go! Thank you Lord for this amazing unplanned adventure! We got to see things that we would have had no idea about! We are looking forward to all the adventures this one will lead to!

The pictures are out of order but mainly posting them for our memories!
 



























































































































































































































































































































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