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The Brown Family
The Browns, Jim, Monica, Weston, Joseph, Timothy, Christianna, Elaina, Victoria, Alonna and Joshua. WELCOME TO OUR BLOG!

8/17/08

Hi Everyone!


Howdy everyone!
I really think its easer for you and me if I blog every two days, but I got a little lazy… so this will be quite a few post in one!
August 1st
Ok we packed some stuff, then we packed some stuff then we packed some stuff ok, ok you get the idea, we packed stuff! (in an organized fashion, obviously!) Then departed around 4:30 pm to Poppa and Gaumi’s house to see our great grandma Dino and their friend David (an amazingly amazing pianist/songwriter) http://www.pianoshowman.com/ we had a great dinner and learned a little about songwriting. Then spent the night in their drive way.

August 2nd
After honey toast and coffee we hit the road for Amarillo. We didn't really do much that day just hang out and play games. I also started a music video slide show of our best 2007 pictures I hope to get it on the blog soon! But that’s basically it! We arrived at Amarillo!

August 3rd
We drove to Albuquerque from Amarillo. Checked in an RV Park and headed for Sandia Peak. Not too fast, either, for we had a slight problem….over heating . So we limped up the mountain and after that we had a great time at a really scrumptious Mexican food place. We enjoyed a beautiful ride on a tram-way at 700 feet above the ground! (it is the longest tram-way in the world!) Once we were at the top we had an amazing view! We left a memento there ( : Christianna lost a shoe! As we rode down on the tram I took an amazing lightning picture!
August 4th
That morning we searched for a mechanic and we were extremely blessed. He was really great! He worked on the motor coach the whole day but it still was not fixed, GRRRR. So another night in Albuquerque! Back to the RV park to play and swim. :)
August 5th
Happy Birthday daddy! We went back to the repair shop and left at 10:00 AM. phew! The only things that were wrong were: the fan clutch, bad thermostat, too little radiator fluid, and a radiator that had not been cleaned for 65,000 miles hmmmm LOL! Turned out our BIG BABY needed a BIG BURP – the radiator had an air bubble which kept the RV from staying cool. We headed for the Petrified Forest National Park. That was really amazing! That night, stayed about 5 miles away from the Grand Canyon
August 6th
Went to the Grand Canyon, WOW, it was… well in a word GRAND! Then drove and drove to Pueblo, Colorado, about 650 miles! Loooooooong day for dad! We’ll never forget dad’s marathon drive.
August 7th
Visit to the Colorado Springs co-op! We had a great time dividing produce then left at 2:00 PM. We went to a Wal-Mart, bought some necessary items and spent the night at… Well let me state this first, RV parks have their ups and downs. This particular park, to say the least “was not five stars” J
August 8th
On the road for Winter Park! The drive from Denver to Winter Park was amazing! We were so high we could see the tree line and some snow! Really gorgeous! On the way up, the RV overheated, we prayed and the engine hummed all the way up the mountain. Now at the top it should only take us 30 miles or 15 seconds for our descent! I am joking! Around 3:30 we arrived at Snow Mountain Ranch YMCA. It is a really nice place. They have a huge craft center, mountain bike rentals, zip line, putt-putt and a library. Any wayz we I hooked us up to power, sewage and water. Time for a really fun camp fire and nighty-night!
I will have more post today we are going to go to a different RV park. Once we arrive then I will add what we did the 9th through the 15th! Note: I have a 25 minute music video of 2007 photos it is really good but I have not had fast enough internet to upload it yet. It should be on the blog and YouTube soon! I will be working on an adoption video, a video of all of our RV trip pictures, the trip we took to Kentucky during July and of the Father Son Retreat (http://www.visionforum.com/) that dad, JoJo and I went to!

The Great 8 Browns,

Teamwork makes the dreamwork!

Jim Monica Weston Joseph Timothy Christianna Elaina and Victoria
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