Hi Pixie, When you posted about Little House on the Prairie I looked some things up and was planning to post but just haven't found the time! I'm glad you explained why you wanted to do the plains! At least now it makes sense! After you posted I looked up DeSmet on google Earth--to get the "lay of the land," and I think your daughter would be really disappointed with the "plains" we have out here compared to the terrain you'll find in eastern SD. The link I posted to a pic of "our" plains up above really is pretty accurate--there is simply nothing out there! If you do DeSmet I doubt that she'll actually be looking at "the land" very much when you do it, and she'll have all the Little House things, which is what she actually thinks of when she's reading the books. (Love it when kids are reading books!) So rather than taking her for a hot, dry, flat drive, and destroying her mental image of Little House, I now very definitely think you should skip the plains and enjoy the extra time in the hills! A couple things about the fishing if you're gonna stick that in. Wherever you do it you'll need a Colorado fishing license, so be sure you plan ahead for that so you're not disappointed. And if you do decide to go to the Poma Ranch near Pagosa Springs, you'd really need to stay there two nites to have time for fishing. Checkin is at 3:00, so that wouldn't leave much time on the day you arrive, and checkout is at 10:00, so there wouldn't be time on the day you were leaving. The Weminuche River that runs thru the ranch flows very gently and it could easily be fished wading or from the bank. Check out their Fishing page at the link below, and there's more fishing info on their FAQs page, including that they rent "basic" and "kids" fishing gear at the ranch. I don't really know anything about fishing so I'm not sure what all that would include, but if you're seriously considering it and have any questions, call the ranch and ask for Karen! Also, since the river flows gently--and is shallow (a "river" out here is not the same as a "river" in the midwest or east!) your daughter might enjoy wading around in it (probably with a pair of cotton tennis shoes or at least flip flops since the bottom will be "rocky")! But she probably wouldn't stay in too long since water in the mountains is COLD--it's melted snow--and the ranch is at 8,000'! Also, if you're seriously considering staying there, PM me and I'd be glad to send you some more pictures of the inside (and outside) of the Hideaway cabin! I've stayed there three times now so I have pics of the outsides of the other cabins too. This is a favorite pic! I couldn't help but smile the first time I drove in there and saw the Welcome Home sign! I immediately knew I was gonna love the place! (The sign is on the back side of the "bathhouse" building that has the "waterfall showers!") And before I got to the welcome home sign (on the small building on the right) I ran into this roadblock on the drive in! (If it looks gloomy, that's because it was raining on and off on the drive from Pagosa to the ranch the first year I stayed there! Then, right after I got there, the sun came out just in time for sunset!) This was a view heading out of Pagosa toward the ranch that year! The ranch is in them thar hills! I also highly recommend the "Cozy House" at Dolores for the Cortez part of your trip, and would be glad to send you a bunch of pics of that place too to help you decide if you're interested. One more thing since Zinnia brought up Dinosaur Ridge! Just a little further down the road, in Morrison, is a place called Tiny Town! Perhaps in lieu of Little House your daughter would like to see some "little houses"---and other buildings! I don't have time to live link these pages, but here's a copy/paste link to their site, and if you google for images of Tiny Town you'll come up with lots of pics of the buildings with people standing by them so you can get the scale. I haven't been out to this place since the late 70's when it was a run down (tiny) ghost town all overgrown with weeds, but it's been all spiffied up and is back in business, and this could be a real fun Kid Thing! You could plan your whole last day to do Red Rocks, the dinosaurs, and Tiny Town, and then head to the airport for your last nite's lodging! http://tinytownrailroad.com/ Out of time for tonite! I can't wait to find out what all you finally decide to do! Skybird Here is a link that might be useful: Fishing on the V. A. Poma Ranch!

LOWERS: •ACHILLEA/YARROW: • 'Heidi'***** • 'Moonshine'**** • 'Paprika'*****, • 'Peachy Seduction'**** • **any wine, burgundy, coral/apricot or pink shades •AGASTACHE: (ANY rose, hot pink, salmon, orange or yellow would fit in perfectly in my garden design!) • Ava********** • Black Adder** • Bolero******** • Double Bubble Mint**** • Firebird**** • Glowing Embers**** •Pallidiflora** • Purple Pygmy**** • Tango******** •AGERATUM: • Leilani***** •AGYRANTHEMUM: Molimba, or any PINK please**** •ALCEA 'Pastorale'**** •AMMI VISNAGA: Green Mist****** •AMMOBIUM ALATUM Winged Everlasting •ANEMONE: ANY!! This is my new great interest! (have Snowdrop) •ANGELONIA: White****, Serena Lavender**, Serena Lavender Pink** •AQUILEGIA see COLUMBINE •ARTEMESIA: Variegated*** •ASCLEPIAS/MILKWEED: • Asclepias Physocarpa aka Goose Milkweed*** • Asclepias Purpurascens aka Purple Milkweed** • Asclepias Sullivantii aka Smooth Milkweed or Prairie Milkweed**** • Blue Vined aka Honey Vine aka Sand Vine • Green Comet** • Ice Ballet** • Milk Maid*** • Poke** • SoulMate** • TWEEDIA************ •ASTERS: • Aster Cordifolius***** • 'Heartleaf' • 'Mary Gregory' • 'Opus'************ • 'Peachie's Pink'**** • 'Smooth'*** • 'Sky Blue'**** • 'White Woodland' Aster Divaricatus • ******any Fall flowering lovelies you'd like to share! •ASTILBE: ANY!!!!!!! fresh current year seed only please, I've not had any luck at all getting any to germinate so far. :( Looking for any pinks, and white mostly pls! •ASTILBOIDES TABULARIS*** •BACOPA: Snowtopia*** (white) •BAMBOO, CHOCOLATE: Fargesia Fungosa (from tradewinds) •BAPTISIA: 'Twilight' •BEE BALM / MONARDA: • Beauty of Cobham**** • Cambridge Red*** • Colrain Red**** • Emmy's Pink**** • Fireball**** • Jacob Kline**** • Pink Lace** • Raspberry Wine***************************** • **ANY pure White, Deep Red or Scarlet colors, please no light pink or purples, Bergamo**** •BEGONIA: • Dragon Wing Pink**** • GoGo Appleblossom*** • GoGo Cherry*** • GoGo Light Yellow*** • Gryphon************ • Illumination Apricot Shades********* • Illumination Golden Picotee****** • Illumination Pink** • Nonstop Appleblossom****** • Nonstop Fire********* • Nonstop Rose • Nonstop Rose Petticoat*********** •BELLFLOWER: • Dickson's Gold*** • Trailing Blue Waterfall** • **any TALL White varieties!***** •BELLS OF IRELAND: PIXIE only****(Dwarf) •BORAGE: Variegated******(I have blue and white thx!) •BUDDLEIA/BUTTERFLY BUSH: • Bi-Color***************************** • Ruby Red***** •CALLIBRACHOA / MILLION BELLS: ANY!! Especially Peaches or Rose**** •CAMPANULA: • 'Bowl of Cherries'***** • 'Cherry Bells'***** • 'Dickson's Gold'****** • 'Olympica'*** • 'Pantaloons'** • 'Rotundifolia' • 'Samantha'** • 'White Pearl'**** • **open to any blue, white or pink, , ANY Pixie!!**** •CANNA: Tropical Rose DWARF •CARYOPTERIS: 'Summer Sorbet' •CHIASTOPHYLLUM OPPOSITIFOLIUM 'Solar Yellow'**** •CHRYSANTHEMUM: any blue, pinks, yellows (ANY fall blooming varieties****) •CLEMATIS: Stans**, any white, baby blue or hot pink •COCKSCOMB: Bombay Pink***, any tall bi-colors - burgundy, pinks, yellows, reds, would LOVE some any coral bi-colors! •COLEUS: Really Really love the watermelon and sunset colors and the dragon/lacy variety of leaves! • Caramel** • Carefree Mix* • Dragon Sunset** • Fairway Orange** • Fairway Yellow** • Giant Exhibition Limelight** • Giant Exhibition Marble • Giant Exhibition Scarlet Magma*** • Kong Rose*** • Nottingham Lace***************** • Pineapple** • Rattlesnake*** • Sedona*** • Sunset** • Versa Crimson Gold** • Versa Lime** • Versa Rose to Lime** • Versa Watermelon** • Volcano •COLUMBINE/AQUILEGIA: • Clementine Blue**** • Clementine Salmon Rose**** • Corbett****** • 'Sunshine' or any long spurred pure yellow variety********* • **any tall varieties or any dark cherry/wine colored blooms •CONEFLOWER: See ECHINACEA •COREOPSIS: •Creme Brulee***** •Heaven's Gate*** •Moonlight**** •Pot of Gold******** •Red Shift**** •Sunshine Superman*** •Tigerstripe*** •Zagreb****** •CORNFLOWER: Emperor William**, Tall Red**** •CORYDALIS SEMPERVIRENS**********, Lutea********, ANY Blue*****, Blue Heron*****, any White*** •COSMOS: • Carmine***** • Dancing Petticoats*** • Happy Ring*** • Ladybird Scarlet** • Pied Piper Red****** • Seashells Red*** • Versailles Tetra******* • **any pink or burgundy, any DWARF mix****, any Fuschia colors**** •COW PARSLEY: Pink**** or White** •CROCOSMIA: Any Orange********, Any deep scarlet***, Emily McKenzie**** (already have Lucifer, thx!) •CROSSANDRA FLAME*** •CUP & SAUCER VINE: Key Lime**** •CYCLAMEN *** •DAHLIA: Watercolors*****, any really** •DAISY: • ***any unusual double or ruffled white variety** • ***any blue colored** • Aglaya*** or Aglaia**** • Clara Curtis** • Fiona Coghill**** • Fluff**** • Wirral Pride***** • Yellow Daisy***** • **(have Crazy & Snowdrift & Snow Princess) •DALEA FORMOSA: Feather Dalea •DAYLILY: ANY !! Would love to try any of your varieties especially doubles or 'spider' varieties! (except the typical ditch lilies please!) •DELPHINIUMS: • **ANY Rose***, any sky blue*** • Blue Pygmy** • Dusky Maiden**** • Galahad**** • Ghost • Green Twist****** • Magic Fountain Cherry Blossom**** • Summer Stars** •(have Blue Butterfly!, thanks!) •DIANTHUS: • Amazon Neon*** • Barbarini Red*** • Black Magic***** • Blueberry** • Dwarf Pineleaf Garden Pink**** (Dianthus Pinifolius) • Fenbow Nutmeg***** • First Love** • Gaiety** • Heart Attack**** • Ideal Violet*** • Ministicks** • Neon Star*** • Noverna**** • Raspberry Ripple**** • Raspberry Swirl*** • Red Rose***** • Stripes & Picotees*** • Ruby** • Victoriana** • Yellow Rainbow****** • **any super ruffled carnation looking type~hot pinks, reds, crimsons •DIASCIA: Diamonte Coral Rose**, Apricot Queen*** •DICENTRA: Golden Tears***, Any Pink or White** •DICHONDRA: Emerald Falls***** •DIGITALIS / FOXGLOVE: • **any pinks or rose colored, salmons, apricots, any pure white, variegated • Anne Redetzky**** • Apricot Faerie Queen*** • Camelot Rose**** • Cluster Flowering Floribunda*** • Grecian*** • Lutea* • Monster Purple** • Monstruosa* • Redskin** • Rosea Fiesta Time*** • Silver Fox* • Sutton's Apricot********* •DITHYREA: Spectacle Pod* •DURANTA: Any please! •DUTCHMAN's BREECHES: *********** •ECHINACEA / CONEFLOWER: • Amado*** • Black Sampson******* • Double Decker****** • Fragrant Angel (white)**** • Green Eyes******** • Green Jewel**** • Hula Dancer*** • Jade*** • Laevigata*** • Paradoxa* • Pink Parasol** • Razzmatazz**** • ****most any!!! •EPILOBIUM: Any! Angustifolium****, Dodonaei**** •ERIGERON: Blue Fringe Daisy*** •FELICIA****Felicia Rose*** •FIREWEED***************** •FLOWERING MAPLE: Crepe de Chine***** •FOXGLOVE: See DIGITALIS •FUSCHIA: Any Hardy variety for Zone 7 •GAILLARDIA: (NO 'Goblin', have those thx!) • Apricot**** • Arizona Apricot***** • Frenzy*********** • Georgia Sunset**** • Georgia Yellow*** • Sunburst** •GERANIUM/PELARGONIUM: • ANY scented!!********************* • ANY Black Velvet varieties***** • ANY!!!! • Black Prince******* • Black Velvet Rose*** • Black Velvet Salmon*** • Brookside*** • Dragon Heart**** • Elite Salmon • Elite White • Horizon Ice Orange*** • Ice Rose*** • Inspire*** • Inspire Appleblossom*** • Orange Appeal*** • Orbit Appleblossom*** • Orbit Deep Salmon*** • Pinto Pink** • Psilostemon*** • Raspberry Ripple***** • Ringo Rose Star*** • Rozanne*********** • Samobor******** • Summer Showers Mix**** • Summer Showers Rose*** • Stork's Bill Sweetheart*** • Tornado Fuschia*** • Yoshino Confetti******** •GEUM • Alabama Slammer*********** • Double Bloody Mary*** • Koi*** • Red Dragon******* • Totally Tangerine***** • Trifolium***** • ***ANY red, orange, bi-color/sunset colors • (have Rivale, Mrs. Bradshaw, Lady Stratheden, Blazing Sunset & Cooky) •GILIA: Scarlet*, I have Blue •GOMPHRENA / GLOBE AMARANTH: Fireworks******, Mardi Gras*** looking for any orangey-apricot color or mix that includes it please! •GRASSES: • Blonde Ambition****** • Blood Grass*** • Eyebrow** • Golden Miscanthus**** • Hakonechloa Naomi & Nicholas**** • Hedgehogs*** • Karl Forester********* • Little Hobbit Bearskin** • Panicum Shenandoah*** • Pink Paint Brush** • Sweet Flag**** • Sweetgrass*** • Zephyr •HEATHER: CALLUNA VULGARIS 'Firefly' •HELLEBORES: Any! •HELENIUM: • 'Coppelia' • 'Sunshine' • (have Lollipop and Mardi Gras) •HELIOTROPE / HELIOTROPIUM: Garden White***, Cherry Pie*** •HETEROPAPPUS BLUE KNOLL*** •HEUCHERA/or CORAL BELLS: • *** ANY!******* • Citronelle**** • Coral Bells* • Coral Sunset*** • Crimson Curls**** • Encore**** • Frosted Violet • Ginger Ale****** • Green Spice**** • Guardian Angel***** • Lime Ricky******* • Marvelous Marbles*** • Melting Fire**** • Mocha****** • Mystic Angel**** • Root Beer***** • Ruby Bells** • Snow Angel*** • Stormy Seas*** • Sweet Tea***************** • White Cloud*** •HIBISCUS: •Chattooga Gold**** •Cranberry Punch***** •Double Purple*** •Plum Crazy********* •HOLLYHOCKS/SIDALCEA: • **would be happy with any! tall, short, figleaf or not!** • Apricot Peach Parfait******* • Black Currant Whirl** • Chater's Maroon*** • Chater's Rose*** • Chater's Salmon*** • Country Romance**** • Fruity Mix** • Golden Yellow*** • Halo Apricot******* • Halo Mix • Halo Red*** • Happy Lights*** • Icicle*** • Majorette Mix*** • Powderpuffs Mix** • Queeny Lilac-Rose**** • Queeny Red* • Queeny Salmon** • Rosea The Bride*** • Russian Yellow • Salmon Queen** • Sidalcea 'Rosanna'***** • Spring Celebrities Lemon*** • Spring Celebrities Rose**** • Violet • **I'd love any! •HOPS vine: Variegated only please*** •IPOMOPSIS: Longiflora - Long-Flowered Gilly •JACOB'S LADDER/POLEMONIUM: Variegated*********** •JUPITER'S BEARD/CENTRANTHUS RUBER: White**** •LAMIUM: Orchid Frost*** •LARKSPUR: • Cherry Blossom*** • Kaleidoscope** • Parisian Pink**** • Splish Splash*** •LAURENTIA: Avant Garde White****, Sophia****, White or Blue •LAVATERA: Mont Blanc** (have Silver cup, thx!) •LAVENDER: • Blue Scent • Ellegance Ice****** • Ellegance Sky*** • Kew Red**** • Lacy Frills*** • Little Lady*** • Otto**** • Papillon**** • Spanish Eyes********* • Spanish Peaks**** • Stoechas****** • White Ice*** •**would love some dwarf varieties, too! •LEWISIA: Cotyledon Sunset Hybrids**** •LISIANTHUS: Lime***, any blue**, any Red/Dark Pink** •LOBELIA: • Monet Moment*************** • Ruby Slippers******** • Tupa******************************************* •LOVE IN A MIST / NIGELLA: Rose only, Mulberry Rose**** •LUPINE: •Lulu************* •Red Flame**** •Salmon***** •Silver •Sunset •LYCHNIS: Viscaria 'Snowbird'**** •MALTESE CROSS: Dusky Salmon only* •MARIGOLDS: • Golden Gem*** • Harlequin*** • Janie Flame*** • La Bamba • Mumsy Orange***** • Spun Lemon**** • Starfire • Sunburst Orange Splash**** • Zenith Orange**commercial only • Zenith Red**commercial only • Whopper Orange*** •MILKWEED blue vined (cynanchum laeve)**** aka Honey Vine or Sand Vine, TWEEDIA***** •MINA CITRONELLA** •MONARDA: See Bee Balm •MORNING GLORY: • Misty Morning** • Sunrise Serenade**** •NASTURTIUMS: • Cherry Jubilee**** • Copper Sunset*** • Creamsicle*** • King Theodore*** • Moonlight***** • Out of Africa*** • Strawberries & Cream**** • Terra Cotta*** • Vanilla Berry*********** • Whirlybird Cream****** • Whirlybird Mix** • Whirlybird Tangerine******** • Vesuvius** •NICOTIANA / TOBACCO: • Avalon Mix****** • Cream Splash (variegated)****** • Marshmallow*** • Perfume White** • Saratago Apple Blossom***** • Stonecrop* • Whisper Mix*** • ****would love ANY!!****(have Langsdorfii & Sylvestris) •OSTEOSPERMUM: • **ANY Spoon-leaf varieties*** REALLY REALLY Want!! • Akila White********** • Lavender shades**** • Zion Copper Amethyst*************** SUPER WANT! • Zion Orange***** • Zion Peach****** • Zion Pink Sand********** • **White with blue center**** •OWL's CLOVER •PANSY: • Antique Shades*** • Autumn Frills*** • Chianti** • Flambe Terracotta Shades*** • Flirty Skirts*** • Moulin Rouge**** • Pandora's Box********************* • Panola Sunburst** • Psychadelic Blue Butterfly*********** • Rococo Mix** • ***any Ruffled*** •PELARGONIUM: See Geraniums above^ •PENSTEMON: • Espirit**** • Husker Red Superior**** • Jamesii/James • Lilac Beauty*** • Mexicali Miniature Bells*** • Miniature Bells**** • Parry's/Parryi • Rydbreg's/Rydbergii • Scarlet Bugler, • Sidebelsl/Secundiflorus • Sunburst Ruby****** • True Blue* • Wandbloom/Virgatus • Whipples********* •PENTAS: Any Rose or Coral colors***** •PERSICARIA AMPLEXICAULIS 'Firetail'******* •PETUNIAS: •Aladdin Mix***** •Blue Daddy*** •Cascade Burgundy Plum Vein** •Debonair Dusty Rose*** •Dolce Flambe*** •Dolcissima Amaretto**** •Dolcissima Firenze**** •Dolcissima Roma***** •Dolcissima Sienna**** •Double Cascade •Rambling Neon Rose*** •Rose Pirouette** •Shock Wave Denim**** •Sonata*** •Sophistica Antique Shades**** •PHLOX: • 21st Century Rose Star***** • Dutch Tapestry*** • Emerald Blue*** • Flamingo****** • Midnight Candy** • Nicky*** • Peppermint** • Red Riding Hood*** • Starfire************** • Watercolor Memories Mix**** • ***would REALLY love the blue variety!!*** •PLECTRANTHUS: Emerald Lace***, Silver Shield* •PLUMBAGO: Blue*** and White*** (the bush varieties, not the creeping groundcover) •POLEMONIUM: 'Touch of Class'****, Variegatum**** •POPPY: • Angels Choir Mix*****(Shirley) • Ballerina Mix** • Cali Mission Bells** Mix, NOT just orange, pls! • Carmine** • Double Atlas • Double Cream** • Drama Queen*** • Fruit Punch*** • Fruit Splash**** • Moondance**** • Peony Frosted Salmon*** • Thai Silk Mix*** • Thai Silk Rose Chiffon*** •POT MARIGOLD: Citrus Smoothies** •POTENTILLA: Helen Jane***, Snowbird***** •PRIMULA/PRIMROSE: • x tommasinii You and Me Blue*********** • Beesiana**** • Candelabra*** • Florindae**** • Noverna Deep Blue** • Vialii********** •PULMONARIA: Any! Silver Bouquet, Mrs. Moon***, Raspberry Splash*** •RANUNCULUS: Any!! :) •ROSA STELLATA: Desert Rose •RUDBECKIA: • Chim Chiminee***** • Corona*** • (have Capuccino, Green Wizard, Indian Summer, Maya, Goldstrum, Chocolate Orange and Toto) •RUE: Jackman's blue**, Any! •RUSSIAN SAGE/PEROVSKIA: Little Spire****(dwarf) •SAGINA IRISH MOSS**** •SALPIGLOSSIS/PAINTED TONGUE: Bolero Mix*, Stained Glass*, Kew Blue****** •SALVIA/SAGE: • Apiana*** • Blue Angel*** • Cherry Blossom***** • Evolution White************ • Hummingbird* • Hummingbird Forest Fire**** • Maraschino***** • Patio Sky Blue*** • Purple Knock Out*** • Salsa Rose • Salsa Salmon*** • Sensation Rose**** • Strata • Twilight Serenade******************** • TX Sage Dwarf Hummingbird** • Victoria White*** •SAMBUCUS: 'Black Lace'**************, any golden foliage***************** •SANDERSONIA: Aurantiaca •SANTOLINA GREEN**** •SEDUMS: • Acre****** • Angelina******* • Autumn Delight** • Black Jack** • Brilliant**** • Dragon's Blood*** • Jellybeans******* • October Daphne******************************************* • Red Carpet** • Sea Star***** • Sieboldii******************** • Silver Frost** • Vera Jamison* • VooDoo*** • **any pink and/or bi-colored • **these are new to me, so I'm pretty much open to any (have Autumn Joy, thanks!) •SIDALCEA: (see also HOLLYHOCKS) •SILYBUM: VARIEGATED Milk Thistle** •SNAPDRAGONS/ANTIRRHINUM: • Apple Blossom****** • AROMAS~ANY!!****************************************** • Bells Frosty Lavender**** • Bells Pink** • Cascadia*********** • Chantilly Yellow** • Double Madame Butterfly***** • Freesong Pink • French Vanilla Aroma***** • Frosted Sunset***** • Jamaican Mist • Kim Bi-Color Mix • Lemon Lollipops**** • Lipstick **** • Magenta Mist**** • Oriental Lanterns** • Pallette Mix***** • Plumblossom*** • Red Spice**** • Renee's OP Mix**** • Snappy Bi-Color Mix**** • Sweet Pink Aromas****(hybrid-commercial only pls)******* • Tutti Frutti***** • Twinny Violet***** • Vining**** •SPIDERWORT: Red Grape***, White bi-colored one*** •SPIREA: Goldflame* •STACHYS: Coccinea***, Inflata****, Lavandulifolia******, Hummelo**, Stachys macrantha 'Robusta'******** •STRAWBERRY: Fragissimo****, Yellow Wonder****, White Wonder****, Roman, Loran, Merlan, Pikan, Tarpan, Temptation, Mignonette Alpine •STRAWFLOWER: any Deep Rose color***, any Orange color*** •SUNFLOWER: • Apricot*** any apricot shades! • Apricot Twist****** • Cherry Rose • Double Dandy • Golden Cheer • Italian Green Heart********** • Jolly Joker • Lemon Aura**** • Lemon Eclair**** • Music Box*** • Sole D'Oro**** • Starburst Blaze*** • Sunny Babe • The Joker • Van Gogh •***any dwarf other than Teddy Bear (have that one!) •SWEET PEAS: • Apricot Sprite******** • Blue Ripple**** • Butterfly** • Capt of the Blues* • Cream Southborne • Crimson Ripple**** • Floral Tribute* • Frolic** • King's High Scent***** • Lipstick • Orange Dragon*** • Saltwater Taffy Swirls*** • Snoopea* • Watermelon** • White Supreme** •SWEET ROCKET/HESPERIS: Alba (white)**** •TALINUM: Variegated***** •TIARELLA: any! (have Silverado) •TITHONIA: Fiesta Del Soul**** (shorter orange variety only) •TOADLILY/TRICYRTIS: Gilt Edge***, Samurai***, Miyazaki******* •VERBASCUM: • Adonis Mango***** • Clementine***** • Yellow/Purple*****(not sure of the name?) •VERBENA: • Adonis Mango*** • Appleblossom***** • Hastata Rosea**** • Mango**** • Moss*** • Obsession Lilac*** • Peaches n Cream** • Pink Spires • Quartz Purple* • Rigida*** • Tuscany Lavender Picotee*** • Tuscany Orchid Frost****************** • Tuscany Rose Eye** • Tuscany Scarlet*** • Tuscany White**** • Upright** •VERONICA: Blue Bouquet, Veronica Incana 'Blue Silver'****, Longifolia**** •THYMUS/THYME: Silveredge Argenteus****, Orange************* •WALLFLOWER: My Fair Lady, any mix •ZINNIAS: • Apricot Blush*** • Art Deco Mix • Benary's Giant Carmine* • Burpee Hybrids Mix**** • Burpeeana Giants******** • Carmine Rose**** • Dream • Giant Cactus White** • Granny's Bouquet*** • Little Lion*** • Magellan Persian Carpet** • Meteor • Miss Wilmott • Park's Candy Mix******* • Pumila Sprite********* • Raggedy Ann*********** • Rose Giant Cactus • Scabiosa Flowered*** • Senora*** • Zin Master Mix*** • Zinnita Rose** • Zowie Yellow Flame******** •HERBS: •BASIL: • Ararat**** • Amethyst Improved**** • Blue Spice**** • Clove • Danni**** • Dwarf Greek** • Globe** • Holy Red & Green • (RED) Lettuce Leaf**************** • Mammoth**** • Napoletano**** • Purple Delight***** • Siam Queen • Thai Magic • ***(any purple named varieties) •BEE BALM/MONARDA: ANY pure White***, ANY dark Reds, Ruby, Rose, Scarlet colors - no purples or light pinks please •CAT GRASS/CAT MINT/NEPETA: Variegated Cat Grass** •CILANTRO/CORIANDER: 'Confetti', or Delfino variety only****** •DILL: Vulgare***, Dukat***, Compatto Dwarf***** •FLAX: Linum Usitatissimum 'Golden Flax'**** •HIBISCUS: Any variety for tea***, Roselle******** •LAVENDER: Spanish Peaks*****, ANY Pink***, Lavandula Viridis (yellow)******, Purple Ribbon****, Leigh****, Vera***, Pink Perfume***, English, Silver Line**** •LEMON BALM** Citronella Lemon Balm*** only please •LEMONGRASS*** •MARJORAM* •MINTS: Grapefruit****, Fruit Cocktail******, Variegated**, Ginger*** •OREGANO: Just any culinary type will do!***, Greek***, Vulgare*** •ORIGANUM SYRIACA - Zaatar**** •PATCHOULI*** •SAGE: Culinary, Variegated******* •SAVORY: Summer *** •THYME: Orange********, Variegated********, Lemon*********, regular culinary varieties****, French or Summer Thyme**** •Broadleaf Culinary**** •VEGGIES: •AMARANTH: Green Calaloo***, Greek Giant**, Opopeo** •BEANS: • 'Almas Pa Dutch Purple Burgundy Lima Bean'** • 'Blue Lake'***** • 'Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco'********** • 'Cobra'*** • 'Grandma Nellie's Yellow Podded Mushroom Pole Bean'*** • 'Hutterite Soup'*** • 'Mayflower'*** • 'Mosaic Yard Long'** • 'Nickel' (french filet) • 'Provider' • 'Purple Marconi'** • 'Tongue of Fire' • 'Willow-Leaf Lima' •BERRIES: Strawberries****, Salmon Berry****, Thimble Berry***, Blackberry***, Raspberry***, Honeyberry***, Red Currants****** •BRUSSEL SPROUTS: Falstaff*** •CABBAGE: Filderkraut********, Jade Pagoda, Optiko** •CAULIFLOWER: Romanesco San Guiseppe***** •CORN: 'Pennsylvania Butter Flavored Popcorn'**, 'GEM' or 'Stained Glass'******************************************** •CUCUMBERS: • Alibi*** • Kyoto******* • Lime Crisp*** • Muncher** • National Pickling*** • Orient Express* • Paris Pickling or Cornichon de Paris***** • Pearl* • Richmond Green Apple***** • Tante Alice***** •FLAX: Golden only (Linum Usitatissimum) •GOOSEBERRY: Pineapple*** •'GREENS': Purslane***, Rainbow Baby •GROUNDCHERRY: Strawberry Husk Tomato***, Cossack Pineapple*** •KALE: • Blue Ridge*** • Cavolo Nero**** • Fizz* • Red Chidori • Redbor** • Wild Garden Kales • Winter Red** • Winterbor** •LETTUCE: • Blushed Butter COS • Cabbage Lettuce** • Devil's Tongue** • Drunken Woman Frizzy Headed** • Flashy Butter Oak** • Gentilina, Italienischer • Jericho***(good for heat) • Little Leprachaun** • Lollo Bionda** • Marshall • Mascara*** • Midnight Ruffles*** • Mignonette Bronze** • Monet's Garden Mesclun*** • Oaky Red Splash** • Petite Rouge*** • Queensland***(good for heat) • Red Sails • Red Wing Mix • Revolution • Rouge Grenoblais • Speckles*** • Strawberry • Sunset** • Tango*** •MELONS: **Any small, compact, less than 3lb fruit sized melons*** • Alvaro • Ambrosia******* • Early Silver Line • Emerald Gem** • Golden Jenny Muskmelon**** • Golden Sweet*** • Green Nutmeg**** • Icebox Rainbow Sherbert***** • Lambkin • Lil 'Loupe***** • Mango or Vine Peach******* • Petit Gris De Rennes* •OKRA: Eagle Pass, Star of David*** •PEPPERS: (under construction!) •Bell, any mini-bells except yellow and chocolate*** •Big Red •Blushing Beauty*** comm. only pls •Chablis •Cubanella •Fat n Sassy**** comm. only pls •Flavorburst •Giant Marconi*** •Golden Summer •Gypsy •Italia** •Jalapeno Gigantea ***comm. only pls •Kung Pao* •Mulato Isleno***** •Numex Joe E. Parker**** •Orange Sun*** •Pinocchio's Nose*** •Redskin Patio*** •Round of Hungary*** •Super Heavyweight*** comm. only pls •Tennessee Cheese •Tolli's Sweet*** •Trinidad Perfume •RADICCHIO: 'Firestorm'***** •RHUBARB: Victorian**, any •SQUASH/PUMPKINS - •Australian Butter** •Autumn cup •Baby Green Hubbard* •Bush Baby •Butta Zucchini*** •Butterstick** •Candy Roaster of N. Georgia****** •Cashflow**** •Cucuzzi***aka Serpent of Sicily*** •Fairy** •Futsu Black •Giambo*** •Hubbard Blue Magic F1**** •Latino •Long Island Cheese** •Orange Magic F1**** •Papaya Pear*** •Piccolo •Pomme D'Or aka Apple of Gold* •Rumbo Winter •Small Wonder •Sundance •Sungreen •Table Ace Winter •Table Gold Acorn*** •Tonda Padana**** •STRAWBERRY - ANY Alpine!*******, Red Wonder Wild, Sarian*** (have Mignonette & White & Yellow Wonder & Alexandria) •TOMATO: I love any pleated, ruffled and large heirloom varieties! (list currently under construction) :) •A Grappoli Corbarino •ABC Potato Leaf •Absinthe •Amana Orange •Amy Goldman Italian American •Arkansas Traveler*** •Aunt Gertie's Gold** •Barnes Mtn Yellow •Barnes Mtn Pink •Bellestar •Belmonte •Berkeley Tie Dye*** •Big Rainbow** •Brown Cherry •Bradley •Brandywine, Black •Brandywine, Yellow •Break O'Day •Broad Ripple Yellow Currant •Bushy Chabarovsky •Calf's Heart •Caspian Pink •Chapman •Cherokee Green GRAPE*** •Cherokee Purple Sudoku Potato leaf variety •Chico III •Chyornyi Prince •Costoluto Fiorentino •Costoluto Genovese •Cowlick's Brandywine •Currant •Dad's Mug Paste •Dr. Lyle •Earlibell** •Early Glee** •Egg Yolk •Emerald Evergreen** •Ester Hess •Farmstand Huge •Flame •Forest Fire •Fox Cherry •Galapagos** •Gardener's Delight*** •Gold Currant** •Golden Pineapple** •Golden Queen** •Grant Country Pink •Green Beefsteak*** •Grossee Cotelee* •Gypsy •Hahms Gelbe Topftomate •Hayslip •Hege German Pink •Hellfrucht •Hog Heart •Humph*** •Husky Pink •Indiana Baltimore •Italian Red Cherry •Italian Tomato Tree*** •Joe's Portugese* •Kanner Hoell* •KBX •KY Pink Stamper •Livingston's Gold Ball •Louisiana Pink •Lucky Cross***** •Lumpy Red •Madison County Pink •Malinowy Warszawski •Matina •Matt's Wild Cherry •Midnight Star** •Moldovan Green** •Monte Verde •Mountain - Mtn Gold •Mtn Pride •Old German •Old Kentucky •Old Time Purple •Olive Hill* •Omar's Lebanese •Opalka •Orange Van Goeijenbier •Orlovskie Rysaki •Pantano Romanesco •Pear - Red only •Pera d'Abruzzo *** •Pike County Yellow •Pink Pear***** •Polish Dwarf** •Polish Linguisa* •Ponderosa Pink •Ponderosa Seloro •Powers Heirloom •Precoce Marmende •Prescott •Principe Borghese •Purple Hillbilly** •Red Robin* •Rinaldo •Romeo***** •Rose Beauty** •San Marzano Nana*** •San Marzano 3**** •Sausage (not Cream) •Sibirskiy Skorospelyi***** •Silvery Fir Tree* •Slavic Masterpiece* •Snowberry •Snow White Cherry*** •Soldacki* •Sophie's Choice** •Strawberry** •Stump of the World*** •Sun Sugar****** •Super San Marzano******* •Sweet Home*** •Sweetie Cherry*** •Tiny Tim* •Top Sirloin*** •Two Timing Willie*** •Utyonok •Valencia** •Walter's Candy Stripe* •Whippersnapper****** •Wild Harry •Winter Grape •WATERMELONS: Black Seeded Ice Cream****, White Sugar Lump***, Petit Gris****, Icebox Rainbow Sherbert***** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Sounds like you had a wonderful trip and glad you all enjoyed it. That's a lot to cover in 11 days! Dh and I drove across country right after we got engaged, starting in No. California. We'd both been to the Grand Canyon before, but while living in Hawaii, we met a guy who grew up in AZ. He told us about this canyon adjacent to the Grand Canyon that he and his family used to hike into - the trail ends in an Indian reservation. We decided to do it on our trip across country. I'm not sure what we were thinking...while physically fit, we weren't big hikers and it was a 10 mile hike down, it was 100+ degrees (middle of July). We camped overnight and then hiked back out the next day. I was never so happy to get back to our car with A/C! From there we were headed to Denver, so we drove up through Utah along some deserted 2-lane highways, but the scenery was spectacular. We didn't make it to Bryce or Zion, but we have vowed that once all of our kids were old enough to appreciate, we were going to do a trip like yours. We'll probably just do Sedona, Grand Canyon, and then one place up in Utah. I assume you were driving from place to place? Did you get to stop at any of the pueblos? Those were really pretty cool. I agree with you about Vegas. Once was enough for me. We stopped there too on our trip from San Fran down to AZ via L.A then San Diego (our trip was very convoluted as we were all over the map visiting friends along the way). We just had an overnight in Vegas, but did hit a casino just for fun. Totally not my thing at all. Just too much for me. It was neat to experience once, but I have no desire to head back. Did you see the Hoover Dam too? Probably not as I imagine that wasn't on your way if you were coming from Utah. If you have any specific kid-friendly info of places you stopped, please share! I'm taking note of the Pink Jeep tour! Glad you had a great time but totally understand being a little bit too much togetherness! With four kids, I get that when we are having to stay in hotel rooms for any length of time.

It was posted on the Meeting House that Marilyn was fine, her home was in good shape, and her animals ok, other than a little debris here and there. She's prob. still without power.