Dinosaurs and the Great Salt Lake

Yesterday we spent the day in the Rocky Mountains. Today we're going to Dinosaur National Monument and then swimming in the Great Salt Lake. I have been to these places before. They are very cool. My sisters have never been to these places before, but I think they're going to have fun. We had a really cool hotel also. My dad took lots of pictures of it for me. 

my hotel room had a nice kitchen

and a huge shower

and a nice big living room where I could relax with my mom

and a really cool bath tub with water jets

Maggie and I climbed a cliff at Rocky Mountain National Park

I hiked around Bear Lake with my sisters

and I hiked down to a waterfall my Maggie and my dad

and we drove so high that we were above the clouds!

my hotel has the best bath tub ever!

My hotel has a really cool bath tub. It's like a hot tub with jets that blow bubbles. If you put your hand on the circles that sucks the water in, it will suck your fingers in too! Plus, our hotel room also has seven rooms. I wish I lived here all the time. It has two bath rooms, a kitchen, a living room, an office, a bedroom, and a laundry room. My dad stays here when he comes to Colorado. We're going to Best Buy now to get the camera wire so I can show you my pictures and then we're going to Rocky Mountain National Park so we can have a snowball fight. Then we're going to float on the Yampa River in Steamboat Springs.

We made it to Denver!

We drove all the way from Kansas City to Denver yesterday. I was asleep by the time we got here. We did stop at a gas station in Limon, Colorado and I took my picture with a giant bear that said welcome to Colorado. But my mom forgot to bring the wire that lets me get the pictures off of the camera and onto the computer, so we have to go buy a new one before I can show you pictures from this trip.

 I went swimming with Kiara and Maggie this morning and now we're going to a butterfly place that lets you touch spiders and seastars. And then we're going to tour a candy factory later today.

Maggie held a tarantula, but I was too afraid

Leaving on Tuesday!

Hi, my name is Joey Boley. My dad is helping me with this blog. I'm leaving on Tuesday for a two week trip. We're going to visit Rocky Mountain National Park, float on the Yampa River in Steamboat Springs, see cool fossils at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, swim in the Great Salt Lake, hike to the top of the Ruby Mountains in Nevada, visit Great Basin National Park in Nevada, see all the awesome rock formations at Arches National Park in Utah, and finish our trip by visiting Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction. We're also going to visit lots of old wagon road sites. I can't wait to slide on the glaciers in the mountains, float in the Salt Lake (and try not to get salt in my eyes this time), and post lots of pictures for you to see the places I'm going to visit before I start 2nd grade. Please follow my blog and write to me often.