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A Mile High Summer

As growing up as a kid, we spent endless summers split between beautiful Wyoming and Colorado, visiting family, but primarily grandparents. Those are the summers I never will forget, as they are abundant with memories that encompass a childhood I still recollect, treasure, and love. I am fortunate to be a teacher so I am able to share similar experiences with my own children, so we venture to beautiful Colorado for a few weeks out of the summer to enjoy time in with my folks.

Most of our days were split between the splash park downtown and the two parks along the river. I was lucky to enroll Maddy into a fun adventure camp that helped her meet new kids and enjoy the beauty of the Rockies. She learned to paddle board, went on a bike ride and got ice cream, and explored the local area with her new found peers. Jax was too little to be entertained by anyone but me, so we enjoyed lazy afternoons hanging out at Grandma's and Grandpa's with Pepper, their dog, or the cats. Mostly, he napped the afternoons away while I worked and planned.

We enjoyed weekend adventures to Salida to window shop and check out the really neat river park. We ventured to the mountains for a couple of hiking getaways, as well. Here are highlights of our trip to Colorado.

Driving by the valley when a storm was a brewing

Here's the b&w version

Road we hiked along

Practicing those long exposures

Long exposure practice 2

Loved this flower

My little hiker leading the way 

Cottonwood Pass---she had to touch the snow

Enjoying the view from Cottonwood Pass

Discovering his bellybutton




Morning cartoon watching

Watching for lightening 

Laundry basket fun


Video calling Papa

Dinosaurs

PLaying with his dinos



HIs cool hat

MIss Sass a Frass in her boots



New boots

Bothering sis in the bath


Pepper as her pillow

Moonsoon summertime storms

Watching the firetruck down the road

Chalk drawings

Nose Goes

God Rays
How she cooled off during our Colorado Trail hike


Hummingbird

Boxes are fun

Catching up on his daily does of Colorado Living

Colorado trail 

Splash Park fun

She loved the splash park

Grandpa hiking 

Cool ski bench in Salida

River waterfall in BV

Showing off

Pepper as trail leader

Driving us along

He liked this one, too. 
Watching kayaks in Salida

Near our turn around point. Next summer we will do Lake Ann!

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