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[00:00:00]Hello friends and good morning. We are in Silver City, New Mexico. We are going to be going to the I think it's pronounced Hila Cliff Dwellings today and some hot springs. It's spelled G I L A, but I've heard that it's pronounced differently. Mark made some lunches last night. We're gathering up snacks, water bottles, breakfast. I'm going to put some food in the Instant Pot and use it as a slow cooker today. So, when we get back, >> hopefully dinner will just be ready to go. I'm going to make some chicken tacos.

[00:00:34]>> Is that what you said? Stop hoging the Instant Pot.

[00:00:42]>> Chicken thighs.

[00:00:46]>> Not get through this as quickly as we usually do. some garlic powder >> and some taco seasoning.

[00:00:56]>> There's your hat. And it looks really nice.

[00:00:59]>> Okay, let's get you some clothes.

[00:01:04]>> Little extra cumin.

[00:01:06]Always good with tacos.

[00:01:10]>> I have not used this as a slow cooker yet. Okay, slow cook.

[00:01:18]um >> do it. Okay, I think that I have it on three hours and then four start slow cooking for four hours.

[00:01:30]>> Hopefully >> the scenic byway.

[00:01:50]Well, just crossing over the Continental D divide. As we were driving over here, the kids didn't know what that was, so we had to slow down and tell them what the Continental Divide was. Pretty cool.

[00:02:00]Well, it says the Continental Divide because this is we crossed over. So, this water is either flowing to the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean. And so, that's why you have the continental divide.

[00:02:10]>> I don't know which old Pino Altos.

[00:02:14]>> I think we stay here on the 15th. It was saying that this is Pino Altos, which was a huge gold rush back in 1860 and was one of the largest towns in New Mexico. And back then they got $8 million worth of gold out of and that's back in that time.

[00:02:30]>> Wow.

[00:02:30]>> Wow. Pretty amazing. Sleep little town now.

[00:02:43]After we pass through that town, this road really narrowed down and uh beautiful but very slow, very windy the pines. At >> least it's not gravel.

[00:02:54]>> Yeah. Hot.

[00:03:13]Turn it off for a second. Wow.

[00:03:17]>> This road is so windy.

[00:03:21]Like a snake.

[00:03:24]>> Yeah, there's parts where we are looking almost straight down. And it's just going right, you know, it's just right along the edge of these really steep ravines.

[00:03:34]>> Wow.

[00:03:40]>> Woo. This road is so windy. And we're just going right across the tops of these ridges. Um that we finally got to pull over. We're going to pull over, kind of catch our breath, make sure we're not getting motion sickness.

[00:03:51]>> It's a little bit cooler up here than I was expecting.

[00:03:55]>> Okay, let's go. Left on >> driving.

[00:04:06]>> You want to go geo hunting?

[00:04:15]>> It's 7,440 ft, too.

[00:04:22]>> We should have brought a sticker up here.

[00:04:24]>> What?

[00:04:26]All right, we're at 7,440 ft. Is that what it says? Something like that.

[00:04:31]>> Wow.

[00:04:32]>> Okay, let's keep going. 24 more minutes.

[00:05:09]We finally made it. Long windy road.

[00:05:11]We're just about to the visitor center.

[00:05:13]We're going to go in and take a look.

[00:05:20]Somebody's excited to get out of the car. That was a long, windy 40 mile road.

[00:05:26]>> Yes.

[00:05:28]>> Feels good just to have some fresh air.

[00:05:31]>> Hi, >> kiddos.

[00:05:33]>> So, I will tell you, you have really good timing. There will be a uh interpreter guided tour at 11:00. It will be up in the cliff relics. So, if you so desire, you want to do that, I would encourage you. You're going to want to get back in your car >> right now.

[00:05:51]>> Yes.

[00:05:52]>> Okay. Help these kids.

[00:05:53]>> So, plan, >> do you need a pencil?

[00:05:56]>> Yes, please.

[00:05:58]>> All right. According to the ranger, we are there's a guided tour here. We're going to hustle up and uh be able to listen to that up right at the cliff cliff dwelling. So, back in the car to get up there. So, unexpectedly, we went into the visitor center and we were told, "Hey, you really want to hustle over to the cliff dwelling because there's going to be a tour at 11:00."

[00:06:19]So, we have a half hour to go over there and we got to walk about a half mile up to the cliff dwellings and we can get a interpretive guide to go through the whole thing. So, that'll be neat.

[00:06:30]>> All right. Hey, we made it. Here we go.

[00:06:34]>> Oh, it's a pack in packout car or park.

[00:06:37]And we had an apple and they said you can't take that on the trail.

[00:06:40]And there's no trash cans. Have to go put it in the car.

[00:06:47]Catch up to the family. It's a onemile loop trail. We are at very high elevation. Goes up about 15 flights of stairs.

[00:07:07]Last summer, Bennett and I went to the Valley of 10,000 smokes in Catmy National Park. And he said some of the things we've seen here today remind him of that bit. And I bet he's not too far off because it seems like some of these things were created from blasts of, you know, past volcanoes and created that way.

[00:07:35]Okay, I should have sent Bennett back with the with the apple. He's so much faster than me. Thankfully, it is much cooler today here than it was 2 days ago when we were in the city of rocks. The kids were really struggling with the heat. Much cooler up here.

[00:07:54]It's going to feel nice to go in the hot springs. We were afraid it was going to be too hot. Well, I see Everett, so I'm not too far off.

[00:08:11]>> I can definitely feel the elevation.

[00:08:14]A little bit harder to breathe up here.

[00:08:17]Hi, Violet.

[00:08:27]>> Says, "Be careful.

[00:08:29]Please stay on trail."

[00:08:32]>> Snake area.

[00:08:36]>> Okay. First sighting of the dwelling.

[00:08:38]Oh, wow.

[00:08:41]You see it, Violet?

[00:08:42]>> Yes.

[00:08:43]>> He's so cool, huh?

[00:08:45]You want to live in a cave in the middle of the side of a mountain? Oh, butterfly >> down the trail.

[00:08:59]>> Got to some switchbacks.

[00:09:02]Big temperature difference from down in the trees to up here. Starting to get some views of the cliff dwellings.

[00:09:12]>> Yeah. Cool. You got this, Eval.

[00:09:24]>> Mark's watch told him he just reached his 10 flights of stairs goal. You got this, buddy. You're doing awesome. So, they said it's typically about an hour round trip. Hour and a half if you have the park ranger guide. Oh, >> it's definitely making me be out of breath, but I think we're just about there. I think we've we just got to go straight across now.

[00:09:50]>> Now we just get to cut across to the caves.

[00:09:56]I think we've made our elevation living up here.

[00:10:03]>> Mommy, >> you made it.

[00:10:05]>> We're almost there. I'll let you walk when we get closer.

[00:10:09]>> Oh, here we are. Ever. This is the spot.

[00:10:14]>> This would have been a little cave. You see all the different things? What do you think they did in those areas? Right in time for the tour. 5 minutes to spare.

[00:10:22]>> Did not call themselves the Mo people.

[00:10:25]Does anyone know why we might know that?

[00:10:30]>> Spanish name.

[00:10:31]>> Exactly. Go. The Mogial people were named after, and this is quite common, they were named by archaeologists after a geographical feature, and it happened to be the Mogio multi uh mountain range that's up to the northwest of here. And that Moon mountain range was named after this governor of New Mexico. Oh, this is so cool. I think that the Hila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is one of New Mexico's most incredible pieces of history. These homes were built 700 years ago by the Moion people who lived here in the late 1200s. Temperature difference in here is amazing. It is so much cooler.

[00:11:12]>> Better in here, right?

[00:11:13]>> Wow. That is such a difference.

[00:11:16]>> Yeah, it is.

[00:11:19]>> Wow. They used the natural caves in the cliff and turned them into actual homes by creating bricks with the mud down in the river, building rooms, storing food, and raising families right here around. And if you can imagine the capacity to have a nice warm fire, these caves are pretty excellent. And they're situated with a southern exposure, which makes that kind of temperature really nice.

[00:11:43]>> Historians believe around 40 to 60 people may have lived in these caves.

[00:11:47]What's amazing is that this wasn't just a shelter. It was a community carefully built into the landscape. Standing here really makes you stop and imagine what daily life looked like centuries ago.

[00:11:58]What's especially fascinating is that the Mojong people were traditionally more mobile before coming to these cliff dwellings. So staying here, living in one place for an entire generation would have been a major shift.

[00:12:14]80% of these walls and things are original. Only 20% have been reconstructed for safety.

[00:12:22]>> In these cliffs, they worked, worshiped, and raised families together, building a true community. They adapted to the rugged landscape and didn't just survive here. They truly seemed to have thrived.

[00:12:32]They built these homes deep into the natural cave of cliff using the rock itself as protection. Ladders were the main way in and out, and they could be pulled up, making the dwellings much easier to defend from danger below. They even had some twostory dwellings, which is incredible. We were also shown some Hila cliff dwelling pictographs on some of the walls, ancient symbols, and drawings that may have told stories, marked important events, or reflected their spiritual beliefs. No one knows for certain why the Moion people eventually moved on from the Hila cliff dwellings. Whether it was climate, resources, or simply the next chapter in their journey. But what they left behind tells a powerful story of resilience, ingenuity, and community. Proof that even in the most rugged places, people can adapt, create, and leave a legacy that lasts for centuries. Such a cool cool thing to see. People that put these together were so smart to come and use these resources as a place to just be near water, protected from the elements, and near food cuz there's lots of edible plants here. They did farming of squash, corn, and beans up on the top of the mesa. So very amazing.

[00:13:47]>> Imagine ladders and stuff going up there to get up in it. So, that one has 17 petetroglyphs in it. Oh, yeah.

[00:13:54]>> You can only see one of them.

[00:13:56]>> Which one?

[00:13:57]>> That end one has 17 cave drawings in it.

[00:14:01]They should take a picture and just have like a >> Yeah, they should have a >> boat.

[00:14:08]>> Yeah, it's so high up there.

[00:14:10]>> I wonder if there's anything up in that cave way up there. That's >> There's a big lizard.

[00:14:16]>> Yeah.

[00:14:18]>> Whoa. Cool.

[00:14:20]>> Oh, wow. That one's really big.

[00:14:23]>> Look at this. Yeah, >> that's like one of pet you have, guys.

[00:14:30]Cool.

[00:14:32]>> The mommies on the bus say I love you all through the town.

[00:14:38]>> So, we started all the way down there in the parking lot and came up the valley here. And now we're up high. And you can see this the Hila River down there.

[00:14:47]We're working our way back down around Wow, what a beautiful valley.

[00:15:01]>> So, it's believed that the Moyon people left here around the 1300s. So, it's pretty amazing that that's all still there even after so long. And there are many PBLO people that trace their ancestors to this group of cave dwellers.

[00:15:20]They also said that they were probably only there in the caves for about 30 years, but that's actually a very long time for people that traditionally would have been nomadic. Um, and they were probably there because of a drought and then maybe moved on when the weather got better. And the thing that made it possible was the spring down here. A natural spring that even when the river when it dries up, this natural spring stays flowing. So that is probably why this was a good area for them. Oh, I see Hunter down there fly fishing. He's hoping to catch a trout that is only in this area called a trout. And we'll see if he can catch one. Is he only allowed to fish from the like shore or what?

[00:16:06]kind of see him back there in the trees.

[00:16:08]>> Walk through the edge again.

[00:16:10]>> No, we are trying that one. There's only like two or >> where?

[00:16:21]>> Mhm.

[00:16:23]>> Okay, we made our way back to the visitor center because we kind of rushed through this at the beginning.

[00:16:28]>> Are you going to buy a sticker?

[00:16:30]>> I think usually here they have a video.

[00:16:32]So, if you aren't able to go do the actual tour at the hike and you just do the you do the hike on your own, I think it would be good to watch the video so that you kind of know what you're looking at. We just rushed up there to be part of the >> program.

[00:17:00]It's like the new trail name. One guy's name was >> Hey, let's do this big. We're going to do it on the same paper.

[00:17:08]>> And then we'll at a telescope.

[00:17:14]>> Let's do this big stack. Violet. Okay.

[00:17:16]You want to help me?

[00:17:21]>> One, two, three. Ah, >> that's so cool.

[00:17:27]>> And then we do one of the dates so we remember what day we came.

[00:17:33]>> Here you go.

[00:17:35]>> Thank you.

[00:17:36]>> So, everybody's going to raise their right hand. All right. Are you ready?

[00:17:40]You're going to repeat after me. I am a junior ranger.

[00:17:44]>> I am a junior ranger.

[00:17:46]>> And I will protect >> I will protect >> this place from danger.

[00:17:50]>> this place from danger. I will be respectful.

[00:17:53]>> I will be respectful >> when I visit these homes.

[00:17:59]>> I promise not to take >> any bones or stones. There you go.

[00:18:06]>> Wait, can I get a pass? I did the whole book.

[00:18:08]>> You did the whole book.

[00:18:10]>> You get a pass for the whole book.

[00:18:12]>> You're welcome.

[00:18:13]>> We are getting sunscreened up >> to take the hike down to the hot springs.

[00:18:20]>> Right. We're at the middle fork of the Hila River. We're heading to the hot springs, the Light Feather Hot Springs.

[00:18:26]Half mile.

[00:18:28]>> The Meadows. 14 and 12 miles. Wow. Do some where we can put the keys in?

[00:18:32]>> Yep.

[00:18:33]>> So, Hunter is down in the river. He's fishing and he's just going to fish his way down the river to the hot springs and meet up with us.

[00:18:42]>> He did the research and got himself a fishing license.

[00:18:46]And that's beautiful.

[00:18:48]>> Yeah. Just making sure he's following the rules and he's really hoping to catch a trout, even just a small one.

[00:18:55]Kids are up ahead just a little bit. Vla is on Bennett's shoulders and insisted she could bring her sand toys.

[00:19:04]That's her favorite thing is to get to dig in some sort of sand or rocks or anything.

[00:19:11]>> The shade's nice.

[00:19:12]>> Shade is nice.

[00:19:14]It's much It's amazing the temperature difference in the caves, in the shade, in the trees. It's also amazing that it's this warm in March. We are hiking in sandals because we know we had to do two creek crossings.

[00:19:30]>> Guys, make it all right.

[00:19:33]>> This is chilly water.

[00:19:34]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:19:35]>> Very refreshing.

[00:19:40]Yeah, we need >> All right, that was nice and refreshing.

[00:19:49]>> Yeah, >> wateroo.

[00:19:55]>> Don't want to get bit by those.

[00:19:57]>> Oh, that feels so refreshing though.

[00:20:05]>> Smells good. That juniper smells good.

[00:20:07]All right, we made it through crossing number two.

[00:20:11]>> Crossing the stream trail is refreshing.

[00:20:13]>> Yeah, >> yes, Silus.

[00:20:29]Some birds up there chasing each other.

[00:20:33]Hey, there's a big cave. Yeah, >> definitely have to be a rock climber to get to that one.

[00:20:38]>> Yeah, that looks inaccessible.

[00:20:40]>> All right, we made it to the hot springs. This right here is the hotter pool and it gets cooler out there towards the river. There's definitely been used as a cave dwelling here.

[00:20:51]There's soot on the rock, but somebody has done a lot of work to make these hot springs nice little pools.

[00:21:01]>> Okay, so here's where it comes out.

[00:21:06]Mom, don't touch >> right there is really hot.

[00:21:09]>> Good.

[00:21:16]>> Uh, we are on a >> homeschool 4 month road trip.

[00:21:21]>> Are you lovely? What are you Where are you going?

[00:21:23]>> We started in Florida and then we're working our way back up to Alaska where we live.

[00:21:27]>> Oh my god, this place.

[00:21:28]>> All right, so you got different levels.

[00:21:29]Like that one's cold. This one's just barely warm. Where the spring comes out, it's like scalding hot.

[00:21:37]>> This one feel better.

[00:21:41]Oh, you found a rock.

[00:21:44]>> Splash it.

[00:21:45]>> You splash it.

[00:21:47]>> So, this is the nice one.

[00:21:50]Boys say this is feels like a natural hot tub in this one. Woo! That wind. Oh, yeah.

[00:21:58]Oh, yeah. That's nice. That's good.

[00:22:02]The other boys, other boys over here are going out to a little natural pole punch in the creek.

[00:22:09]Yeah, this feels really nice right here.

[00:22:11]>> Yeah, Selma has done a lot of work on gluing this up and digging it out, making it nice.

[00:22:15]>> Yeah, they said >> this one feels nice.

[00:22:24]>> Yeah, it's really nice here.

[00:22:26]>> This is a cool rock.

[00:22:28]I got chilled walking over because of the wind. But >> yeah, and some is very hot. If you get closer in there, >> right as it comes out, it's like salving. So, be careful.

[00:22:38]>> Where's it coming from, though?

[00:22:39]>> Right in the rock.

[00:22:40]>> I know that, but like where's that water supply?

[00:22:43]>> I think I might go do a cold plunge.

[00:22:45]>> It's just very beautiful and peaceful here.

[00:22:49]>> Not the creek water now. It's creating a little human dam.

[00:22:56]Okay, I'll sit in the current, too.

[00:22:58]>> That's chilly.

[00:23:03]>> This hot spring was fantastic.

[00:23:04]Especially that we had it to ourselves after the two ladies left that were here when we first got here. Like, this is so nice. It's amazing how hot it comes out.

[00:23:14]And there's no smell. I've been to lots of hot springs where it just the smell is really overpowering. No smell at all here. Just comes out right there. Piping hot. So hot you can't even stand in it in this spot.

[00:23:28]>> It's like really hot here.

[00:23:29]>> Oh gosh. Yeah. So hot. Burns you. It's so hot. But what a peaceful spot.

[00:23:37]>> If I'm not in the car.

[00:23:40]>> Luke got a sleeper on the way back. She just got tuckered out.

[00:23:43]>> She couldn't make it to the car.

[00:23:47]Gives me a good workout, though.

[00:23:52]What?

[00:24:10]Huh? Oh, there it is. What is that animal? It >> look red though.

[00:24:17]>> What is it?

[00:24:20]We got to look up what that is. It's not a raccoon.

[00:24:25]>> I don't know what kind of animal that was. We're going to have to look up and see what that was. That was really neat.

[00:24:30]I don't know what that was. We'll have to look up and see what it is.

[00:24:33]>> I've never seen anything like it with that tail like that.

[00:24:35]>> It's not a raccoon. It's not a badger.

[00:24:37]It's not a fox.

[00:24:40]>> That is interesting.

[00:24:41]>> I still see it going up the hill. Oh, >> you do?

[00:24:43]>> Oh, yeah. Yeah, I can see it, too.

[00:24:55]Just about back to our campsite.

[00:24:58]Just entering Silver City now. Getting out of the mountain. It's >> a long drive.

[00:25:03]>> Yeah, it didn't feel as long on the way back, but man, it's really pretty.

[00:25:08]>> Well, we made it back. Mark did some research on what that animal was we saw.

[00:25:11]It's an animal we've never heard of before. According to our research, it was a white-nosed Cody or Coti. I'm not sure how you spell that. And uh we never seen that before.

[00:25:22]>> I just don't know how to say it.

[00:25:23]>> Yeah.

[00:25:23]>> How's it spelled?

[00:25:24]>> C O A T I. Like coke with an I at the end. Yeah.

[00:25:29]>> Says it's part of the raccoon family. It eats insects, fruit, invertebrates, uh small mammals. Very interesting. Never seen it. It was very neat.

[00:25:38]>> Yeah, that was cool.

[00:25:39]>> Yeah. We came home and we got some rice going. Uh checked on the chicken.

[00:25:43]shredded it. It's perfect. So, now I just need to get the rest of the fixings, cut up some lettuce, get the sour cream, salsa out, and we'll be ready to go today.

[00:25:54]>> I have for people to vote.

[00:25:56]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:25:58]>> Only a few more days. They put out this I got this email like, "We put you on Alaska's mommy influencer top 25 list.

[00:26:05]>> It's a nice afternoon, so we're going to go eat outside." Okay, every hold it open for me.

[00:26:15]All right, it's looking good.

[00:26:19]>> Not really.

[00:26:20]>> Not until Sunday. Okay, we're finishing off the night with our sunset ladder ball tournament games.

[00:26:29]>> Bennett are competing right now.

[00:26:32]>> No, he can win.

[00:26:35]>> No, I went over.

[00:26:38]>> Wait, are you still >> No, you get nothing, Hunter. Yeah, I know.

[00:26:43]>> You just needed what? Four.

[00:26:44]>> Hey, Hunter beat Bennett.

[00:26:54]>> NO. [laughter] NO.

[00:27:00]>> BAD.

[00:27:00]>> Can we fill the whale up with gravel for me?

[00:27:05]>> Oh, both of the exact same thing.

[00:27:08]>> Oh my goodness. I have had some.

[00:27:11]>> Use your shovel.

[00:27:13]>> Come on. Come on. Blue balls.

[00:27:20]>> Okay.

[00:27:21]>> Two. Okay.

[00:27:22]>> Yes. I'll take my >> eight.

[00:27:24]>> Wow. That was a good one for Mark.

[00:27:27]>> Okay. Bennett beat Everett. It was a good game, though. And uh as we're sitting here, Mark and I are like, "Oh, man. It's travel day tomorrow." So, we're doing some of our travel day tasks while we're also participating in the tournament and we're going to have another beautiful New Mexico sunset. We were missing the backpack today for Violet and I just can't think of what happened to it. Wasn't any in the normal spots and we just kind of needed to hit the road. So, I didn't like do a full look, but kind of frustrating.

[00:28:10]Luckily, we didn't walk both walked for just a mile today. So, I just don't know where it would be.

[00:28:21]>> Oh, nice one, Westy.

[00:28:23]>> I can hold it open for you, though. Yeah, we got to pull that other thing all the way out the other side. But >> what do you need, Dad?

[00:28:36]>> I'll need mom to hold that up so I can >> I'll get in there.

[00:28:38]>> No, I don't need that.

[00:28:40]Just load stuff up tonight to get ready for tomorrow morning.

[00:28:46]>> Get to use those at grandma's.

[00:28:47]>> Oh, yeah. That's good, hun.

[00:28:52]I need that.

[00:28:52]>> Okay, so Hunter beat Weston.

[00:28:55]So now Bennett and I who have both lost are playing each other.

[00:28:59]>> Oh yeah.

[00:29:03]>> You want a pistachio?

[00:29:07]>> Pistachio land.

[00:29:13]>> Pistachio.

[00:29:13]>> Crack it open.

[00:29:15]>> She doesn't know how to.

[00:29:16]>> No, we're helping her.

[00:29:19]>> Wait, we're counting at this point.

[00:29:21]>> Open this one.

[00:29:22]>> We are.

[00:29:23]>> Oh, no. Not below. It has to be has to be above and whatever one is.

[00:29:28]>> Okay, my plan is working.

[00:29:34]>> Hey, look at that though.

[00:29:38]3 6 8 >> Dang it.

[00:29:41]>> Plus one.

[00:29:42]>> That gets me to 19.

[00:29:44]>> Wait, don't you get extra points for >> No, cuz you have to be on [screaming] >> 21. [groaning] Okay, >> Bennett won, but I had a good comeback.

[00:29:55]I got these three at the end after he told me my luck had run out and I lost 19 to 21. So, at least I didn't get like swept under, but I am out now. Two losses. Okay, it's now Hunter versus Dad. Dad and Hunter are both undefeated.

[00:30:14]>> Oh, we're fighting daylight here, though.

[00:30:18]>> Yes. Should we just play to 11? No, we're going all the way. We're We're a high roller.

[00:30:25]>> We can continue this if we have to.

[00:30:28]>> What?

[00:30:28]>> Mark is undefeated. Hunter just lost. It sure just keeps getting prettier and prettier out here.

[00:30:34]>> We got to go. It's going to turn dark soon.

[00:30:37]>> I'm going to >> Are you cheering everybody on and having some hot chocolate?

[00:30:41]>> Yeah.

[00:30:41]>> Is it yummy?

[00:30:42]>> I'm at 17.

[00:30:43]>> Yeah.

[00:30:44]>> Okay.

[00:30:46]>> Okay. Both of these two have lost one.

[00:30:47]So, we're doing double elimination. And whoever loses is out.

[00:30:50]>> I'm at 179.

[00:30:52]>> Okay.

[00:30:52]>> My bike and I'm like, "Oh, wait. I don't >> what >> 18.

[00:31:02]>> If I get the top, I will win.

[00:31:04]>> You get three. You need three."

[00:31:08]>> Oh, >> wait.

[00:31:09]>> You can't do it.

[00:31:10]>> Yeah.

[00:31:11]>> Oh, need one.

[00:31:13]>> Right.

[00:31:13]>> Right. Right. Right. Yep. Bottom.

[00:31:16][screaming] Well, we made it to >> Hard to see, Mom.

[00:31:21]>> It is very hard to see.

[00:31:23]>> That was a good tournament. Good oldfashioned fun.

[00:31:28]Putting the ladder ball away. Oh, have it all the way in.

[00:31:41]So, Mark was undefeated.

[00:31:45]We were supposed to have one or two more games cuz you got to double elimination.

[00:31:50]He's to play Hunter. If Hunter loses again, he's out. If Mark wins, he just wins overall. But we're going to have to continue this in our next city cuz it just got too dark.

[00:32:01]Mark was inside helping little ones have showers. So, just finishing up cleaning up out here and then we'll all go in and finish up showering.

[00:32:11]probably should have done some laundry while we're here, but we're going to be at my parents house over the next few days. So, I just decided to just not and uh everybody just has to wait till we get to Mesa so that we can do some laundry. All right, it is bedtime, but Mark is mixing up some salmon from home with some cream cheese. It's going to be our lunch tomorrow as we travel. Also bought some crackers.

[00:32:41]We'll go with it.

[00:32:44]One going to be enough.

[00:32:46]>> Let me mix it up and see. Two. Two is maybe too much.

[00:32:50]>> Yeah, that's true. We are in need of a large shopping trip, but we are going to have to wait till we get to Mesa to do that. So, um, we've just been kind of using what we have and then buying a few things here and there to supplement.

[00:33:07]So, we really enjoyed our time here in New Mexico. It was awesome to go see those different things today. The river and the cliff dwellings, like just amazing.

[00:33:20]We are very excited to be going to see grandma and grandpa next, but there was definitely more we could have done here in New Mexico. But I do feel like we really enjoyed our time here. And it's amazing what two full days in one location. I feel like we relax. We get out the Blackstone and cook outside. We have more time to like play some games and do some work. When we just have one full day at an at a place, sometimes that feels too fast. Two is still very fast, but at least you feel like you can relax a little bit. I feel recharged and ready for another travel day tomorrow.

[00:33:58]So, we'll be hitting the road pretty early in the morning. We'd like to spend as much time as we can in Arizona and we are also dropping off Gus the bus tomorrow to be worked on. So we need to get there as early as possible to get that dropped off. So thanks for coming along with us here in New Mexico. We're so grateful for each and every one of you. We'll see you again real soon for more of this Alaska life on the road.

[00:34:23]Yummy salmon dip.