The next morning after breakfast the group gathered around the campfire for the final time. They had a special guest, it was the thin, tan man that the Leader had been talking to the day before at Santa Monica Pier. The Leader talked to the group about changes. Changes happen in life all the time, […]
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Adventures on Route 66 – Santa Monica Pier
The group had left the open, peaceful, desert behind them and the Ugly Little Blue Bus was making its way through the city of Los Angeles! Traffic was zooming all around them, and the bus could not go fast enough to keep up with that traffic, but they kept chugging along and the group was […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch
The Ugly Little Blue Bus was still going west on Route 66. The group was in California traveling through the Mojave Desert. The end of the trip is close, but not today! Today they are going to Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch near Helendale California. Elmer and his dad spent decades traveling in southern California collecting […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Calico Ghost Town
The group was finally in California! As the group traveled along in the Ugly Little Blue Bus, the Leader talked to the group about their next adventure. They were going to a Ghost Town! Some of the kids were scared! They did not want to go anywhere close to a ghost! The Leader gently explained […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Lowell Observatory
The group boarded the train and returned to Williams Arizona where they had left the Ugly Little Blue Bus. The Leader checked the weather forecast and found that the weather was supposed to be clear and sunny for the next few days! They headed east on Route 66 and went back to Flagstaff Arizona because […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Grand Canyon
The next morning all the kids were up early! This was the day that they would get to see the Grand Canyon! They could hardly wait! Soon breakfast was done, and they were standing in line for a shuttle bus that would take them into the park. They saw some incredible views as they traveled […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Grand Canyon Railway
The group was headed west again along Route 66. The Ugly Little Blue Bus was running great, and they were on their way to an Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona where they would get a chance to look through a huge telescope and see things in outer space! There was one problem; it was cloudy, and […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Petrified Forest National Park
The Ugly Little Blue Bus was fixed! It had a new radiator and was ready to continue the trip on Route 66. The Leader told the kids that they had not stopped at the Petrified Forest National Park because of the bus problems, so they were going to do something that they had never done. […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Meteor Crater
The group left New Mexico and entered Arizona. The Leader told the kids that they were going to stop at the Petrified Forest National Park. The kids were not sure what to expect at a petrified forest, but they were excited that they were going to see it! They were almost at the petrified forest […]
Adventures on Route 66 – The Musical Highway
The next day the group only traveled a short distance. They were still going up and down mountains and the road had many dangerous curves. While they were traveling, they sang songs to pass the time. At a certain time, the Leader asked them to sing America the Beautiful, but he had one special rule; […]