Grand Canyon 2008

For Easter, we went to visit Kevin and Andrew's father and his wife in Arizona. We roadtripped from Peoria to the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is a famous gorge carved by the Colorado River, and the Grand Canyon National Park was one of the first national parks in the United States. We all agreed with Kevin's assessment, "Not overrated at all!"

Kevin and me at Mather Point

View from Mather Point

Brothers Andrew and Kevin

Sons and father Ken

Warning: Falling Into the Grand Canyon is Bad

The "Kids"

The whole crew on a look out


Taking it in

More views


Wow!

South Kaibab


Orphan Mine


Mohave Point

Sunset at Lipan Point

Jefferson's Monticello 2006

Becky and Brandon invited me to go to Monticello yesterday with them.

Monticello

Monticello was Thomas Jefferson's plantation, and Jefferson designed the main house. Monticello is just south of the Rivanna Gap. A lot of the of what you see when you walk around the property is the history of the slaves who lived on the property.

Brandon and Becky in front of Monticello

Me and Becky in front of Monticello

Monticello

Farms

"Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the American Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and father of the University of Virginia."

Kitchen