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Day 7 cont. Looking into the Sangre De Cristos in the Crestone area or 'the big mountains' as our kids started calling them. They were eager to see them closer and to see snow. The road leading towards Medano Pass. Can you spot the deer in the second picture? The kids...

Day 7: Rye to Medano Pass, CO Day 7 we got a off to a slow start - woke up late, went on a short hike down a creek, waited on bucket-washed clean clothes to dry. Out of the campsite we climbed up to a pass between Greenhorn Mountain and Charleston Peak. It wasn't steep but it was cool, green...

Day 6: end View from the castle That's Mr. Bishop himself, hard at it. We enjoyed the fire very much as the temperature dropped significantly due to our elevation. But after the heat of the plains it was nice to cool off at night. The kids loved the fire as always and we decided to...

Day 6: Bishops Castle, Rye, Co Hand built by Jim Bishop. He is a metalworker/welder by day and 'the castle-builder'by night. This place is a must-see if you're in southern Colorado. It was my second time there and I was just as amazed to see it this time. A quick search on you tube will bring...

Day 6: West of Liberal to near Rye, CO Our fifth night out (last night) we didn't use the roof tent as it was extremely windy. Our second option is for all the kids and my wife to pile in the back and I'm left to fend for myself outside. So they slept decently in the back of the LC and I slept...

Day 5 continued Finding a place to camp ended up being much harder than we thought it would be. We had a sort of unspoken rule that we would try to camp on BLM, State or National Forest land the whole time. Getting woken up by an angry shotgun toting property owner was not high on our list of...

Day 5 continued Two nice things about driving late: kids go to sleep easily and the light makes for great pictures.

Day 5: Near Newkirk, OK to a field west of Liberal, KS We finally found the flat part of Oklahoma and it became somewhat monotonous but at least it was fast. We also had our first 'issue' with the vehicle. Most of the day was spent on nice fast roads right on the stateline of Kansas and...

Day 4: Salina, OK to Newkirk, OK continued It took about an hour driving pavement but we finally joined our route. It was nice to get back out of 'traffic' and drive on the familiar. When we were all at our limit and starting to think we'd spend the night in someone's field we crossed a...

Day 4: Salina, OK to Newkirk, OK continued Sometime in late morning we entered a wetland area and then crossed into the Osage Wilderness Management Area. I was looking forward to this area because instead of traveling long straight mile-grid sections this section wound north, west and then...

Such a bummer that when the going gets rough the camera gets stowed. We ran into the same phenomenon. We made a concerted effort to change this about half way through our Trans-am trip. -J.

Day 4: near Salinia, OK to near Newkirk, OK So after lots of practicing swear words, I went to sleep with plans for finding an electronics store nearby. I inquired with the locals and it looked like the nearest store would be a radioshack about an hour away. We would have to drive payment but...

End of Day 3 We cruised most of the afternoon on these nice wide roads. You could keep your speed up but it's always of question of how far you can see ahead and who/what might be coming around the bend. We had one 'close call' coming down and around a turn with another truck approaching...

Our kids (ages 6,4,1) adapted very well to being in the car. That was a serious consideration for us especially as we jumped right in to seven hour days. We stopped often and tried not to push too hard. If we could tell they needed to get some energy out, we stopped at a nice shady place (easier...

No worries. Fixed on the first page and with a few other helpful links. -Jesse

Day 3 Continued So my wife pushed the wrong button on the camera and I couldn't have that crossing not recorded so you get to see my cross it twice. She walked across scouting the first time, too scared to ride along. Also the video is best without sound as I think she forgot that the camera...

Love the photos. These trip reports are an inspiration. It's fun to see others traveling with their kids in tow. It's work but well worth it.

Day 3 After dropping down out of the mountains for gas in Oark, we climbed back up first thing in the morning and ran ridges for the rest of the morning. The roads varied greatly. Sometimes they would be in good condition and fast. But here it was slow going. Even aired down we had to keep...

End of Day 2 We climbed up a long hill after swimming in the creek at the bottom. And then descended via a trail that was not on the maps. It was very steep but a dozer had recently been through so it was just rough. After the long descent we stayed in some bottom land and worked our...

Fully loaded the truck is heavy - just upwards of 7000lbs. I tried to use the platform we had and make it an Around-the-world truck for five people. No easy task and I'm not sure we're quite there with it. With the four gas and two water cans we would be good for upwards of 500 miles range and...