It was Corbin's idea....

To walk across th Golden Gate Bridge on our second to last day in America.

Carl helps along Jane's drying

What won't I do for our friendship?

Terry gets his first Mani-Pedi of his life

Jane teaches Terry how to be a housewife in Alamo.

Aunt Susan repairs and reinforces Corbin's tattered blanket

After nine years, Corbin's blanket isn't much more than a few bare threads. Susan sewed a new backing on it to try and get a couple more years out of it.

We enjoy a nice cable car ride from Ghiradelli Square to Union Square

This was Corbin's first cable car ride!

Uncle Carl buys the boys souvenir hats from Chinatown

Christine joins the Halverson's and the Haley's for some Dim Sum at the Gold Mountain Restaurant

This place was voted Best Dim Sum 2008 by SF Weekly.

Yum Yum!!

We stop off at Robert's new Presidio Climbing Gym

Robert's business partner, Micky, gives us a tour of the amazing gym that is set to open early September.

Carl and Corbin enjoy views of the Golden Gate bridge from Fort Point

As he was closing down the jet, Paul finds two stow-a-ways in the baggage compartment

Champagne wishes and caviar dreams

Welcome to The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.

We visit Paul's new office: The Citation Souvereign

Paul now flies this beautiful $15 million jet plane. We visited it at his hanger but since the fuel is about $3,500/hr, we didn't get to go up for a test flight. :(

Captain Paul shows off the state-of-the-art cockpit

Terry and his dad make Corbin a nice birthday dinner

Corbin opens up more presents that evening

Terry, Aunt Kari, Cousin Julia and Diane watch Corbin open gifts.

Corbin and Diarra enjoy the river

After stopping to remove some water from INSIDE the raft, we take a short break and swim for a while.

We spend Corbin's 9th birthday rafting on the American River

Terry relived his youth by taking us rafting on the American River. We started very near his childhood home and floated down the river for a couple of hours.

Building a birthday glider with Dad and Grandpa

Birthday Breakfast with Grandma

Corbin wakes up 9 years old!

 

Hanging with the Miller's

On our last morning we said a final goodbye.

 

 

Back in Sacramento, we had a picnic in the Fair Oaks Park with Katy, Tracy, Diane and Terry and the kids

We then went off and saw A Funny Thing On The Way To The Forum.

Trish makes us an amazing meal for us all

Dale also BBQ'd a delicious organic Beef Tenderloin. It was perfectly rare!

 

 

Corbin builds a fort for him and Gator

He ended up sleeping there that night! I smell an architect in the future!!

The Haley Farewell Tour begins in South Lake Tahoe with The Millers

Lisa's friend, Keef, makes up a batch of strawberry margaritas after we arrive.

Corbin and quack

...at our last American check up for a while.

At Universal Studios...

With bff Brenner.

And then the Black Bart's waitresses sing Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

We are wondering what the guys are going to sing.

Is all of Flagstaff gay?

So we booked into an RV park in Flagstaff, AZ on our way back to LA. There was an adjacent steakhouse where all the waiters sang showtunes throughout the entire meal. How did we get so lucky? We can't wait to see what Barstow has to offer us.

Chris, Jeff and Will picked us up in Silverton

The boys picked us up and we had a nice lunch at the Brown Bear Café. Silverton is a charming old mining town.

The Durango-Silverton Railroad

We enjoyed a beautiful 3.5 hour train ride through the Rockies from Durango to Silverton. The train has been making this journey for 127 years! We saw some spectacular views along the way.

Carl does bungee flips!!

 

Will tries the bungee jumping too!

He even managed to do flips!

Will and Corbin ride the Alpine Slide

 

Picnicing on a lake near Durango

 

Fun with bungies

A view from the top of the mountain

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On the chair lift to do some Alpine sleding

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The future Living Room View

Terry, Chris and Jeff enjoy the views.

Durango, Colorado

We visited Chris and Jeff's future retirement property. The kids worked on the tee-pee.

Listening to Harry Potter 3

En route from Zion to Bryce Canyon.

Grand Canyon

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Bussing through Bryce.Canyon

We say goodbye to the Grand Canyon

Happy 4th of July.

Today we travel 330 miles to Lake Powell.

On the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

Unbelievable!!

Corbin and Will get instructions from Ranger Andrea

Our campsite at the Grand Canyon

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We made it to the Grand Canyon

Waiting to be escorted through the mile long tunnel in Zion National Park

This has been an incredible exit out of the park as we make our way to Bryce.

The Cook-Healys enjoy some S'mores

A sleeping Jaime misses out. Oh the woes of being two years old.

Terry, Will and Corbin make some S'mores

A woman's work is never done...

Terry joins doing a little microwaving in our incredibly spacious RV.  While we miss or Fleetwood Flair, we have quickly adapted to the roomier Southwind. We can even square dance in the RV! Grab your partner…