Akin Adventure

2012-07-27T08:56:00.001-05:00

Long time . . . No posts

2012-04-18T13:27:00.001-05:00

I hear it all of the time . . . "Mom, you haven't added anything to our blog lately." Yes. That very true. So, Here's photos of some of the trips over the last few months. We did South Dakota (Mt Rushmore, Bad Lands, Wind Cave, Jewel Cave and much more in October), Colorado to get JARL in December, Ski at Sipapu in January and March, Wyoming, Colorado and NM over spring break. Actually we did 6 states in 6 days over spring break. We love the new RV (2002 Coachman) that we also got over Christmas break.
I will be posting pics of all of these adventures over the next few days. ENJOY!

Mount Bieratadt 14,060feet

2012-01-03T10:46:00.000-06:00

Colorado Trip w/Meme & Papa

2012-01-03T08:27:00.000-06:00

Santa Run 2011

2011-12-15T05:53:00.000-06:00

Santa Barbara Campground, NM

2011-06-20T13:27:00.001-05:00

Lovely area, peaceful & beautiful. Clean sites.

Raven & I love the Aspen!!

Jicarita Peak in Carson National Forest

2011-06-20T13:08:00.000-05:00

Jicarita Peak Hike

2011-06-20T12:03:00.000-05:00

Race Course Complete

2011-06-20T11:53:00.000-05:00

Rio Grande River July 2011

2011-06-20T11:50:00.000-05:00

Lunch on the RIo Grande

2011-06-20T11:47:00.001-05:00

It just takes cantelope to make him smile.
This is our guide, Alex, making lunch for us. I told him that it felt really weird, him cutting up all the veggies and setting up for the lunch. We all agreed. He was great, the lunch was good. Everyone was happy.
We were busy filling up for the race course. A fun rapid-filled afternoon ahead!

Rafting the Rio Grade Lower Gorge

2011-06-20T11:34:00.002-05:00

About to paddle away for the day. It was a beautiful day on the river. Flow had just gone up from about 500cf/s to 1260cf/s. Nice cold water, cool day, sunshine. Good stuff.
Morning part of the day. Calm waters. Moved us along with some paddling.

Our guide Alex of Native Sons Adventures was great! He took this pic of us before we got out of the canyon area. He was a great guide - we'd recommend him & Native Son's Adventures any day.

Rio Grande Gorge - Rio Bravo Camp site

2011-06-20T11:28:00.001-05:00

Great site with water & electric, as well as a very friendly camp host. In the gorge with trail head on one side and the Rio Grande on the other. Good/easy access to the river.
Where you see all of those tents - it was a Boy Scout Troop in the group camp site. A nice pavillion area.

Sipapu Spring Break 2011

2011-03-20T20:02:00.000-05:00

Me & JB on the lift. No major lift incidences this time.

I am sure pics of the viking in a kit on skis (JB) have shown up elsewhere taken by others on the mountain this day, but he belongs to us.
Winter camping at Sipapu to ski for spring break was great. With JB being 40 & Luke in the 4th grade - we couldn't have done much better!!

International Dodge Ball Championship (runner ups)

2011-03-09T19:54:00.001-06:00

The above stance has officially been dubbed "You Don't Know Me".

JB's group won the international dodge ball tourney of 2011 if not for the ringers from ESRI mobile development team.

Pack 90 Pinewood Derby 2011

2011-01-23T14:52:00.000-06:00

Luke's BSA Bobsled with average speed of 163.9 MPH won the Silver in the Webelo division.
Raven's Best Shoe (note the Nike shoe above the car) with average speed of 164.4 won Bronze in the Powderpuff division.

Hello, This is Me

2010-12-21T16:16:00.001-06:00

Well, this is us in 2010.
We had pictures made last weekend and this is what we all look like when we are all cleaned up and lookin' nice.
Go Figure!

stuck in rocks

2010-10-17T16:42:00.000-05:00

They really do like each other!

the last spike at Golden Spike, NHS

2010-10-17T16:37:00.000-05:00

Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit. Golden Spike National Historic Site commemorates this nation's first transcontinental railroad.

City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho

2010-10-17T16:35:00.000-05:00

City of Rocks is located along the California Trail. You can see wagon ruts, pioneer inscriptions, 60 story tall granite spires and monoliths, a lot of history and a great place to climb.

pickles place

2010-10-17T16:29:00.000-05:00

Craters of the Moon National Monument

2010-10-17T16:27:00.000-05:00

We hiked across the lava flow and went into the lava tubes and caves. Luke's favorite is the "Boy Scout" cave. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho was a great experience.

mud pools

2010-10-17T16:23:00.000-05:00

For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People, est 1872

2010-10-17T14:18:00.000-05:00

This the Roosevelt Arch at the north entrance of the park at Yellowstone National Park.

riverside geyser at YNP

2010-10-17T14:11:00.000-05:00

Once you see the waters begin to flow and spurt you have a 90 to 120 minute window to when the geyser may go. We waited it out. It was well worth it.