2014 colorado
Early morning photos at our campsite. Cody was really into spotting the lizards. This one happened to pose for us. After a quick breakfast of cereal we headed to the Island in the Sky Visitor’s Center at Canyonlands National Park. We scooped up the Junior Ranger books, listened to a ranger talk on geological layers, and then watched the park movie.
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Scott woke up at six am to get in a nineteen mile bike ride along the Canyonlands Needles District main road. The views were spectacular.
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The Green river from the Dinosaur NP campground
2014 colorado
It had been raining on and off throughout the night, but the tiny drops would evaporate almost as soon as they fell, so we postponed putting on the fly since it was so hot. At 4:50 it seemed the rain was finally getting serious so we got up to put the fly on, but alas it only lasted fifteen minutes or so. It really wasn’t such a loss of sleep after all though as Scott and I struggled to sleep with the hot temps all night. The clouds acted as a blanket keeping in most of the almost one hundred degree day temp. So when Scott’ alarm went off at 6:30 we were already awake. We were not quite as boisterous as the guides we met at 8:30, but the rapids and slightly chilly water helped with waking us up the rest of the way.
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Once again we were greeted by animals munching away while we munched away on our breakfast of bacon and eggs. The kids were sad to say goodbye to their favorite campsite thus far. They had secret nooks and named every pathway on their little rock fort. This view will be missed. The running water bathroom will also be missed. It was one of the only ones in the entire campground. It is hard to express how good it feels to brush your teeth and wash your face with running water when you normally take doing those things for granted. Secretly I long for a shower, but even just a little bit of cleaning is greatly appreciated.
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Our second morning waking up in Moraine Park Campground. The site yesterday was far better, but we still enjoyed being inside Rocky Mountain National Park again. This morning Scott made French Toast. We chatted with a couple from Quebec in a lovely small RV that looked like a converted van. It was amazing. The couple backed into their spot, hit a few buttons to level out the vehicle, and they were set up for the night. Same thing in the morning. They finished reading in the sun, hit a few buttons, and waved as they jetted off. I looked at Scott, “You and me. Thirty years from now.” Not that I don’t enjoy sleeping in a tent, but the convenience factor of a converted van is extremely tempting.
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After a quick breakfast of cereal we went for a hike in Rocky Mountain National Park just outside of the Green Ridge Campground we stayed at. We hiked the East Shore Trail along Shadow Mountain Lake one hour each way 3.2 miles in total. The kids did a great job. They wanted to keep going, but Scott and I decided that we should probably turn around after an hour. Cody started the hike with rock throwing into the lake. He cracked us up when a few feet into the trail it opened into a forest and he said disappointedly, “Well, I can’t throw any rocks in here.”
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We woke at 6:30 and left our campsite around 7:30. We headed to the small hot springs park called Iron Springs with exactly one picnic table. The Crawford Family who founded Steam Boat Springs described the delicious taste of iron water lemonade. Interesting…
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Yeah Colorado!!! I love the mountains and I love Colorado. Although waking up this morning was a little rough since I didn’t arrive home from visiting my brother until midnight and then I was wide awake at 5:30. I must have drifted back to sleep because the next thing I knew Cody was hopping on me. The view is from where we camped in between two RVs.
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Good Morning Nebraska!
Cody went from super sleepy cutie to wrestling and throwing in less than five minutes. We had our first non-cooking breakfast of cereal this morning to get an early start on the day. We are hoping to hit a few touristy spots in Nebraska today and get to see my brother in Colorado tonight.
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