Route 66 to the Rockies

So I did forget one little story about the night we left El Paso. About 20 miles from El Paso we passed through a border control station and they stopped us. Mom rolled down her window and the guy asked us where we were headed to. Then he was looking in the windows and saw Felipe and made mom roll down the back window (he was sitting behind her). Next he asked if we were all citizens. Mom said yes right away out of habit and then I said, "actually, he is a permanent resident." The agent then asked to see his papers. Felipe handed him his passport and the guy squinted at his visa for a minute and then let us go... The ink was hardly dry yet and he got to test it ou!

Anyway, back to the trip home. We drove on Route 66 through Albequerque but it didn't seem to have a lot of historic buildings. Mostly hotels and a few filling stations. Then we headed north and drove through Sante Fe which was a really pretty city. All the buildings were the "adobe" style and very southwestern. We then drove all the way north and ended up in Loveland, Colorado, at about 8pm. My throat is miserably sore but I refused to go to the emergency room and pay another wad of money so I held out until this morning and went to urgent care. They gave me some heavier duty pain pills and antibiotics (even though they say it's a virus and they probably won't help). At least these pain killers dull the pain for 40 to 60 minutes. I feel terrible because we should be so happy (which we still are) but I'm a big wet blanket with my throat. Oh well.... I guess we've now got FOREVER to be happy =)

So about 12 we set off for Estes Park and the Rocky Mountain National Park. We spent about 3 hours driving around the park which is completely beautiful and we saw lots of snow which Felipe and I were thrilled about after our weeks of hot weather. It was cloudy so my pictures didn't turn out that well. Now we are back in the hotel and are preparing for a long drive home tomorrow. We were maybe going to stop another day but I feel terrible and Felipe and I are ready to get home and sleep in our own bed. Yesterday marked the 8th week that we have been gone! Crazy to even imagine that it has been so long because the time really flew by!

I have added pictures to the web album now from everywhere up until today but haven't labeled them all yet or put them all in order but feel free to look at them! Check back if you want to see where they are from. I may try to do that while we are in the car driving home tomorrow.

Can't wait to see everyone!