But I love his music in the background. Jack curls up and goes to sleep too. :)




It's so fun to have all these families around us! Whether it's a loaf of bread, curtains, a screen door, dog walking, or a fuel filter, there's someone to help, watch, advise, or laugh at. And the kids have so many options! When they walk outside, they have a hard time choosing what to play first, where, and with whom. 





My brother got to experience a week in the life of a traveling Lundy and commented a few times on the camaraderie of RVing families. We tend to take it for granted, but it's been so great having other families close by. Borrowing eggs, extra playmates, communal meals, maintenance helpers, manual labor, adult conversation... it really is nice having neighbors!
We're always representing. Go Bucks!
We, fine, okay, they spent some time searching for a geocache, which we're pretty sure is gone, or invisible. I'm not sure about that, but I am pretty sure Dana wouldn't have enjoyed watching her boys searching for it on this mountain!
Rocking my camera fanny pack. Yeah, you can't really rock one of these things, they're ugly! But I sure love it for hiking. Especially when we climb and I need both hands. Avoiding death by falling trumps pretty camera bag in this case.
Cactus eating survival lesson. We also had a honeycomb lesson.
At one point, we were resting, and well, maybe feeling a little proud of our private spot, off the beaten path where few dare to climb, when we noticed a climber, above us. Way above us! Then we felt like mere hikers again. :)
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Almost back to normal, which, well, you know... :)



It's an interesting national park because you're "just" looking at one thing, and the view doesn't change much for miles. Granted, that one thing is completely amazing of course, it's just so big, wide, deep, and well, grand. The kids really prefer parks where they have to explore to get to the treasures. So after a short while they get bored, which is frustrating, but understandable. It was also freezing.
We're still anxious for when we can take a few days and hike to the bottom! That's more our style.
Until you see where they climbed to take it.
This is what my people do. And taking pics of that is what I do. :)






Then we learned there was another stop, Wupatki National Monument, with many Indian ruins after a beautiful drive, just a little out of our way. Yes, please!

So before our day even began, we'd already had a great one!

Uncle Ryan and Matt tried some fancy moves. They didn't end well.
After
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Panoramic with 6 pics. You just can't capture the breadth of it!
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