Mama Shaq, Mama Shaq, Shaq’s your mom, that’s a fact May 6, 2011

Mama Shaq, Mama Shaq, Shaq’s your mom, that’s a fact

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Craig, Colorado: Izzy’s Family July 17, 2009

Here we are enjoying an evening of drinks and–yep, they do exist!– rocky mountain oysters with Izzy.

Here we are with Izzy and her kiddoes.

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Colorado Scenery July 17, 2009

After making it into Colorado this afternoon, we’re heading to Craig, Colorado to see a good friend of TW’s. You can tell the elevation is still pretty darn high!

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Colorado! July 17, 2009

We’ve made it into the state of Colorado! Yeaaaaah!!!!

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Petroglyphs 8 July 17, 2009

Did I skip a number? It’s not easy to tell. In any case, here’s Sprinkles taking her turn to rest in the shade.

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Petroglyphs 7 July 17, 2009

Who can resist pictures of a cute baby Sensen hiking the cliffs with mama TW?

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Petroglyphs 6 July 17, 2009

TW and Sensen enjoy a brief moment of shade before moving on.

Spot the petroglyph?

Spot the petroglyph here?

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Petroglyphs 5 July 17, 2009

Not the most flattering pictures, but wow! Can you imagine the time and skill required to perfect images like the one I’m standing next to?!

Here is a nice shot of the area surrounding the cliffs where we’re hiking.

Spot the petroglyph?

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Petroglyphs 4 July 17, 2009

Here you can see a little better the size of the petroglyphs.

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Petroglyphs 3 July 17, 2009

So it’s going down like this:

We drove out to the McConkie Ranch area, which is around a half hour outside of town. The Ranch isn’t actually a ranch, but a spread out collection of houses set against the cliffs and surrounded by fields.

When we arrived, we went to the welcome shack. Yep, it’s literally a shack. There is a small locked donation box where, I’m slightl ashamed to say, we donated our pennies. All of them. Around five or six dollars in pennies. We looked briefly at the hundreds of post it notes left by other hikers, and looked at the hand drawn maps, and then took off on the first trail. It was only around 3/4mile, although pretty steep climbing. Here’s TW about halfway up.