Here are the travel, lodging, and food-service accommodations for mom, dad, and kids ages 7, 5, and 3: the two-door sedan (no A/C) and Scottie camper. (Brother Rog, who came along way later, tells us the car's a 1955 Chevy Bel Air.) Robin and brother Tom are standing on the roadside grill pit while Mom cooks breakfast on a butane stove. (Some years later, Robin remembers this stove blowing up while her mother was using it, leaving her with some nasty scars.) (Correction--see note below.).

Here's Robin's beautiful mom affirming that the family has arrived at Persimmon Gap, elevation 2970 ft. A favorite trick of this photographer, who had no means of captioning slides, was to take pictures of signs. While not aesthetically ideal, it worked.

Robin's dad was also an amateur naturalist, in that he found every hill, cactus, and clump of dirt worth photographing. There were probably a hundred slides like this, documenting lots of cactus. Lots of dirt. Dry, hot dirt.

Dad had some winners in the lot--this is an early front runner for the new cover. While there's no sign, it's probably the Chisos Mountains.

Finally, here are some hot, tired folks--Robin, Mom, Tom, and John--taking a breather outside an establishment that had cold drinks. From what Robin remembers, it was a good trip.