Williams, AZ-May 14, 2013

You must be asking why we are in Williams? We decided for sure on Monday to double back a bit and then go north. More of that at the end of today's blog. I thought I was going to cry when we started to leave Las Vegas. It is such a wonderful city. So much fun. When we got to Boulder City and made the turn to drop down into the area of Lake Mead I decided it was ok to move on. I had truly forgotten how beautiful this area is. It's not beautiful like the beach or the top of a snow capped mountain. But it is so revealing on how our earth was formed. My mind just goes in wild circles thinking about what it must have looked like when the earth was being  formed. Ok, for some pictures.

Lake Mead is such a pretty color of blue. It is really low, too.

 

The road ahead goes past this huge pile of lava rock.

That means this area was part of a gigantic volcano. That's where my imagination gets active .

 

The Colorado River as it flows out of Lake Mead and down through

Bullhead City, AZ/Laughlin, NV. It's still that beautiful blue.

 

There are miles and miles of piles and piles of lava rock. It may

have been a number of volcanoes instead of one large one.

 

A picture does not do this landscape justice. It is just beautiful. Can't you see the layers of history in your mind's eye? Imagine what's buried in those rocks.

 

This is about as green as the desert gets.

 

Now for our change of plans. We have planned for almost a year to spend the summer in Washington and Oregon. But we have to go to Colorado for one precious reason.

 

 

Allow me to introduce you to little Miss Hannah Hoffman.

She is our 9 month old granddaughter. And what a GRANDbaby she is!

We just have to spend some time with her. So, Colorado here we come. Do you blame us?