1 Car + 5 People + 8 states =

Road trip extraordinaire. :) We, the fabulous five, loaded up in Ted the Toyota Camry and took America by storm.

Fun? Oh, yes!!
Cramped? You betcha. :S
Long? Uhhhh-huh.
Worth it? Absolutely. Without a doubt.

:.: Arizona :.: We took it slow the first day and did the expected sight seeing--Montazuma's Castle (For the life of me, I couldn't stop saying Montazuma's Casserole. Errg.) and Sedona. This picture was not posed--true proof that we are a Sensor family to the core.
Sedona. And if you ask me, I think I saw a little too much of it for my liking. We spent about three hours hiking around in the heat with barely any water on a trail that was supposed to be 4.5 miles long, unbeknownst to us. :P The moral of the story is: Don't just take off hiking in Sedona...especially if you are only wearing flip-flops. ;) Sometimes I wonder about the people who come up with signs like these. lol
:.: New Mexico :.: Not much happened there... :)

:.: Texas :.: By the time we got our of Texas, I had images of Tall Texan billboards advertising 72 ounce steaks floating around in my head. We saw lots of flatness and LOTS of rain. I've never seen it rain that hard in my whole life. It gets kind of scary when you can't see a foot ahead and you have the danger of running into a Tall Texan billboards. ;) After the rain.

:.: Colorado :.: On the way back from Tennessee we stopped to visit the Meyers family. We had a grand time talking, talking, talking, and sleeping. Oh, and Dad took this picture, btw. :)The Moms. :)
Thank you so much, Meyer's family for letting us invade your home and sleep a good half of the time. ;)

:.: Kansas :.: ...was flat. That's an Emily-Weston-who's-dog-tired perspective on it. ;)

:.: Oklahoma :.:Richard and Mom, half awake in a Motel 6, bathed in dramatic lighting. You can say it. That was a very weird caption. :S lolYep, we got five people, a library of books we hardly read, and way too many pillows in there. You think we would have learned out lesson last year, but we still brought too many pillows.A cool picture by Richard. It's kind of funny how Motel 6 has become our refuge on these cross-country trips. We stopped in one last year, and Mom did us a favor. She stubbed her toe, and that's how we got a free night at one this year. I know--we're good. ;) We kept telling Mom that she should stub her toe again...she didn't think it was worth it.

:.: Arkansas :.: ...is really pretty, but extremely humid and buggy. You get out of the car and it's lunch time...for the "skeeters."Another scenic picture, just to bug you. ;)The sun glinting off his shades...the rush of wind...the thrill of going 80...Dad is happy. :)

:.: Destination: Tennessee! :.: We had a BLAST! We did everything from getting eaten by mosquitoes to skeet shooting--SO much fun! Well, I guess I could have gone without the mosquitoes, but yeah, you probably already knew that. Aaaanyways, on the first full day, we went to a real tourist trap...sorta. ;) It was extremely disturbing on a number of levels: a castle built out of anything and everything by a guy who should be in the loony bin. You really have to go there to understand what I mean by disturbing, but I thought this picture came out really cool anyways. I didn't want any pictures of it, but Dad did. Without my brave and fearless Father, you would not be looking at what you are looking at. :)

A few days later, we trekked to Lookout Mountain where you can see (I think) five different states from one place.

Kevin enjoyed himself. :)

I did, too. :) Actually, Benji took this picture. Not bad for an eight year old, eh? But let's just say that some people liked my camera a little too much. ;)

And Bryce-y!!! Love you, little man. :DWestons rule, right Darleen? ;)And one last picture of everybody. We all look a bit tired, but that's because we had such a blast. :D Thank you so very much, Waltman family...for everything!That's it, peoples! Keep shining for Christ.

"Ye are the light of the world..." Matthew 5:14