Deathly Hot Desert Drive

We had a seriously hot drive out to Lake Powell--we were so traumatized by the heat! Every rest stop bathroom break was like being tossed into an oven on the side of the freeway. Actually, it helped keep us pretty entertained throughout the day and evening, constantly checking on the temperature and trying to guess how and when it would change. I'm pretty sure it never got below 85 or maybe even 90 throughout the night that we spent in Mesquite. Luckily, it cooled down by our second day in Lake Powell and we didn't suffer too much :)

Lake Powell 2010

John and Parker just hanging out together at our campsite at Powell.


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Dance-a-Thon

The glow sticks that we brought on the camping trip for Parker were a huge hit! We have promised ourselves that these must become a regular part of all night-time family/kid events. On this particular night, he had spent most of the evening after dinner dancing like a crazy person on the beach; by the time it was dark, we made him a "glow stick suit" that looked awesome (although I think it still needs about 50 more glow sticks added to it)! Parker definitely prefers crazy, noisy, fast music--so we found him the perfect song to do his glow stick dance to...I was seriously laughing hysterically by the second song--it brought tears. Needless to say, he was absolutely exhausted by bedtime.

Bass pros

P and p walking out of Bass Pro Shops after a wonderful shopping experience. We stopped here again on the way out to Lake Powell. The temps just after leaving Las Vegas got as high as 111º F.



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Funny Sleeper

Nap time today...

Life-Sized Lego Guy

Met this giant 25,000-piece Lego Stormtrooper on our trip to Toys-R-Us today (while looking for some blow-out sale summer items to bring along to Lake Powell for fun)...Parker touched him gingerly a few times just to confirm that he really WAS made out of Legos!

Countdown to Lake Powell

We had ordered some items on Amazon for our up coming trip. One of those items was a tube containing 100 glow sticks. Parker had me tracking the package from Maryland on my computer for a couple nights until they arrived. 100 sounds like an awful lot for one kid but let me tell ya, these are Not just for Parker.




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