Well, our next part of our trip took us to the beautiful state of New Mexico. We stayed in Taos, where our good friends, the Duques, have a house there and spend every summer there. It was so much fun for our kids to see their friends and just as much fun for Aron and I to catch up with Rick and Cindy!
The girls spent one day at the historic Ojo Caliente spa for one of the BEST massages I have ever had. There were ancient mineral springs there that have been said to have healing effects on the people who visit. I have to say that we were extremely revived after spending the day there. The kids spent the day fishin' with the boys and had a great time. Although I didn't get the chance to photograph the details of Taos that I had wanted, I did manage to get a few as we headed out of town to our next destination...

This is the famous Rio Grande Gorge. It was so scary looking down on the river from the rickety bridge that we were on...

This is part of the railing along the bridge of the Rio Grande Gorge...the texture was really cool on this...most people probably pass this detail up.

One thing I did notice along all of the roads here were the many crosses with flowers hanging on them. Apparently, there are several deaths along the highway and here at the gorge, many are said to have jumped this bridge to their death. I took this picture right next to the bridge....it was really disturbing to think of how bad this person's life must have been for him to take this plunge. Very sad.

We came across this random ice cream bus. Is this not the coolest, most colorful ice cream us you have ever seen? Doesn't this bus make you want to run up to it and order an Astro Bar? Or an It's It? Who knows what an It's It is? That was my favorite as a kid...does anyone know if these still exist? I would love to know!!!

Our big ol' RV...dogs, kids, and all!

After being on the road for about 4 hours, we found out that we had a FLAT TIRE on our RV trailer...GREAT!
Good thing Aron is so handy...he pulled right over and proceeded to change the tire while our kids played in the field next to the highway.

They aren't kidding when they say that kids find fun in everything....here they are looking for grasshoppers and having a blast!!!

We are now in Durango, Colorado having a great time. It is absolutely beautiful here and will blog more tomorrow after we go digging for gold in Silverton!