Every time we enter a new state by car, we take a silly picture like this.
This is state #11 for us!
The first stop was Carhenge.
It is funny because this is not a place you would normally stop, but because we were driving through the Nebraska panhandle, it was kind of a "sure, why not?"
The kids had fun and it was a 15 minute stretch your legs kind of stop.
I asked the girls to stop so I could get a picture of just the three of them and out of nowhere we heard a weird sound. The girls look over and start screaming at the top of their lungs. The other tourists run over to see if we are okay and this is why they screamed...
After this 4 foot snake slithered away the girls ran to the car and sat there until the boys were done checking things out.
We drove a little further, grabbed lunch, and headed to our next destination.
Chimney Rock, NE
We thought this might be a neat stop, and we were right!
This was so cool for me and the kids. We had lots to talk about, and this year is our ward's trek year!
There was a museum and fun Mormon factoids there.
The yellow is the Mormon Pioneer Trail.
Lucas loves reading all about the Oregon Trail, and they had a few books on the Mormon Trek that we picked up for him to read about this summer.
They had a lot of cool Mormon facts and pioneer memorabilia for the kids to play with and we might have picked up some things to do this summer.
There was one more stop before we actually got to Colorado.
This place was cool because you can drive to the top and look for all of the formations.
There was a hike at the top after you park the car.
So many cool things to see. That wooden thing is an odometer that they used on handcarts.
The museum that was attatched to this was almost as cool as Chimney Rock's.
Nathan was tired of driving, so we let Mason have a turn driving...
Just kidding.
The kids had a blast, and enjoyed getting stamps in their passports everywhere we went.
They are great travelers, and it was fun to drive a short distance, for once. :)
We did the exact same thing on our way home from Mount Rushmore years ago. Glad we made the stop at Carhenge. Luckily for us though, we didn't see a snake!
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