TnTville 2025

July
Four state adventure
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Ted's 18th birthday!

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Ted and a friend at Casa Bonita

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Having fun eating in the Silver Mine area

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Old school Pong

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Pinkness of Casa Bonita

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Drone show on the 4th of July

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Cute pictures

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Sparkler time!

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Sparks

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My point of view

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Our pal David

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Small mlem

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Psycho kitty

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Cleaning the air conditioners

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Silverton stop on our road trip

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Ice cream by the train

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Strolling along the path in Silverton

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Dinner in Durango

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Waiting for our tour of Balcony House at Mesa Verde

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Ted squeezes through a passage at Balcony House

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And then climbs up a short ladder

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We reach Balcony House!

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Cliff house with a view

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Ted by the exterior wall of Balcony House

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Jeff peeks into the second chamber

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Ray the ranger tells us about the life of the Ancestral Puebloans

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Climbing up to go to the second chamber

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Ray stands near the edge and talks about kivas

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Ted and Jeff in Balcony House

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Ted listens to Ray

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Narrow passage on the way out

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Ted is the ready to squeeze

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Waiting to exit

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Narrow tunnel!

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In goes Ted

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In goes Lisa

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Made it!

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Jeff exits the tunnel

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Ted climbs a ladder

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Lisa can't believe she made it up the cliff

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One more ladder

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We made it!

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Lisa overlooking Cliff Palace

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The stairs can be treacherous at Clff Palace

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Closer to Cliff Palace

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Tim the ranger joins us on the Cliff Palace tour

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Cliff Palace tour

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Round building at Cliff Palace

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Compared to Balcony House, this ladder is a piece of cake!

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From the Square Tower House overlook

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Strolling around the Sun Temple

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Ted explores the Far View sites

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At Four Corners

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Ted is standing in CO, NM, AZ and UT!

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Hey, I've finally been to Utah!

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I'm in four states at once!

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Totally normal sign exiting Four Corners

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Outside Nageezi, NM

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Ashley Pond Park in Los Alamos, NM

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Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, Ted, and General Leslie Groves

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Me and Oppie

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Replica original gate

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(It's actually restrooms now!)

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Walking in Santa Fe, NM

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The VLA is serious about snakes

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Jeff talking to Ted through a dish on the self-guided tour of the Very Large Array

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Ted chatting back

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We're at the VLA!

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VLA excitement!

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They look small compacred to the 94 foot tall dish

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Shaded by the dish

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VLA Antenna Barn

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Dinner back in Santa Fe - excellent Italian food!

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Santa Fe Plaza at dusk

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