Showing posts with label Colorado. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colorado. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Colorado Part 6 - Going Home
The last day we went to the Russel Stover Factory and can I just say I have NEVER seen so much candy in one place at one time. Amazing! The girls had fun eating all the samples that were EVERYWHERE!
Then we spotted these Tee-Pees...........So we had to go and investigate.
It turned out to be the Ute Indian Museum. (Do you like the cheesy picture of the girls and I in front of the museum?) The girls had fun playing in all the tee-pees.
The also LOVED trying to all fit on this big bear statue. Even little Heidi got in the picture Ü!
On the way out of town we stopped in Telluride Co. I totally fell in love with this charming town. Everything about it was unique and cute and friendly. My favorite thing was all the flags that lined the main street. I felt the towns patriotism. Everyone had a dog or a stroller. LOVED IT!!! We went up the mountain a bit and saw Bridal Veil Falls. It was beautiful.
We ate a yummy breakfast at Maggie's out on the sidewalk while watching all the people walking up and down the street.
This picture doesn't do the main street justice but I love how the mountains are all around and the hanging baskets line the streets with the flags outside every shop. I loved how there was no fast food, no gas stations, nothing commercialized there. Reminded me of Carmel Ca.
And who wouldn't love a town that had a cafe with this to greet you? Flower boxes, a fun bike and a nice dog. Welcome!!!
Lastly we stopped at Four Corners and took a picture. I'm sure I will never be there again so this is proof that we were able to be in four states (New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado) all at the same time.
The End!
Colorado Part 5
O.K. I am going to wrap up this Colorado trip here. I have other things to blog about but feel like I can't because I need to finish up our trip.
The morning was spent with all the girls - Sheri, Suzanne, Me, Taylor, Jane, Cassidy, Jill, Abby and Heidi antiquing in town. I thought that each time we walked into the cute little antique stores that were in cute little houses the owners blood pressure went up about 200%. I have to say that I would have never thought the girls would have liked doing this but the LOVED it! They didn't want to stop! They thought it was so fun to look at all the "treasures" and even found a few that they couldn't live without. In one of the stores I found an old bed that I about died over and wanted to bring home with me. It was amazing (I'm so sad I didn't take a picture of it) but, 1. I don't need a bed 2. I had no way of getting it home. So no bed. My usual obsession in finding a treasure every time I go somewhere did not pan out this trip. The bed was the best find of the day and I couldn't have it. So I didn't buy anything. Shocker I know! At the last place we went they had this cute little cabin playhouse set up with art supplies, cards, pens, stickers and such. The girls went to all the shops then decided to stay in the little cabin for the rest of the time and had a blast! Who ever thought that up is brilliant!
On the 4th we went to a parade on Main St. and we were slightly late and missed most of it. The kids had fun getting candy and seeing all the different floats and cars that went by. While walking back to the car I spyed the biggest dandelion puff I have ever seen. They were growing in someones front yard so I picked a few for the girls. Of course they made wishes and blew those little seed puffs with gusto!! I then made the girls run to the car before the owner of the house came out since we just made about 1027 new dandelions to grow in his front yard! Ooops
Thanks to Suzanne we got a nice family picture on the 4th. I love having a 4th of July picture each year along with a family picture at Christmas time.
We had a B-B-Que with a whole bunch of fun people and ate salmon that had been caught that day at the lake. Who knew there was salmon in Co. and it was de-lish!! I was very impressed! We then broke out the fireworks and Tom was the star of the show. He dropped some cash on a big box of fireworks and was like a kid in a candy store. The littles surrounded him the whole time and his grin while setting them off was sometimes brighter than the actual fireworks!
We then took a break and went to see the town fireworks. They were fun and very exciting - the hill caught on fire in two places! The kids were very worried but it was fine. We then went back to the house and finished off Tom's fireworks. The picture above is just SOME of the fun we had.
(Thanks John & suzanne, Ben, Sheri & Rick and Sheri's sister & family for all the fun! We loved it!!!!)
The morning was spent with all the girls - Sheri, Suzanne, Me, Taylor, Jane, Cassidy, Jill, Abby and Heidi antiquing in town. I thought that each time we walked into the cute little antique stores that were in cute little houses the owners blood pressure went up about 200%. I have to say that I would have never thought the girls would have liked doing this but the LOVED it! They didn't want to stop! They thought it was so fun to look at all the "treasures" and even found a few that they couldn't live without. In one of the stores I found an old bed that I about died over and wanted to bring home with me. It was amazing (I'm so sad I didn't take a picture of it) but, 1. I don't need a bed 2. I had no way of getting it home. So no bed. My usual obsession in finding a treasure every time I go somewhere did not pan out this trip. The bed was the best find of the day and I couldn't have it. So I didn't buy anything. Shocker I know! At the last place we went they had this cute little cabin playhouse set up with art supplies, cards, pens, stickers and such. The girls went to all the shops then decided to stay in the little cabin for the rest of the time and had a blast! Who ever thought that up is brilliant!
On the 4th we went to a parade on Main St. and we were slightly late and missed most of it. The kids had fun getting candy and seeing all the different floats and cars that went by. While walking back to the car I spyed the biggest dandelion puff I have ever seen. They were growing in someones front yard so I picked a few for the girls. Of course they made wishes and blew those little seed puffs with gusto!! I then made the girls run to the car before the owner of the house came out since we just made about 1027 new dandelions to grow in his front yard! Ooops
Thanks to Suzanne we got a nice family picture on the 4th. I love having a 4th of July picture each year along with a family picture at Christmas time.We had a B-B-Que with a whole bunch of fun people and ate salmon that had been caught that day at the lake. Who knew there was salmon in Co. and it was de-lish!! I was very impressed! We then broke out the fireworks and Tom was the star of the show. He dropped some cash on a big box of fireworks and was like a kid in a candy store. The littles surrounded him the whole time and his grin while setting them off was sometimes brighter than the actual fireworks! We then took a break and went to see the town fireworks. They were fun and very exciting - the hill caught on fire in two places! The kids were very worried but it was fine. We then went back to the house and finished off Tom's fireworks. The picture above is just SOME of the fun we had.
(Thanks John & suzanne, Ben, Sheri & Rick and Sheri's sister & family for all the fun! We loved it!!!!)
Friday, July 11, 2008
Colorado Part 4
On the 3rd we went down Main Street in Montrose Co. to Main in Motion. This is a small town folks (18k) I think half of those people were on main street!
Every charming little shop and store was open with offerings of hot dogs, ice cream, face painting (which as you can see we took full advantage of) sodas, candy, stickers, people on the street singing and playing their musical instruments. It was a lot of fun! 
We stopped at the bouncy house and the girls also did hula-hoops. I would have totally done the hula hoop because I am a secret hula hoop champion (you would not have guessed that would you?!) but my knee had just been kinked up for the last 3 hours and I was lucky to be able to be walking on it. I didn't want to ruin my luck and have it go out again (darn joints!) so I passed on my opportunity to shine with the hula-hoop!
On the way to the car I saw this mural painted on the side of a building. It reminded me of the big mural they had painted on the side of the rodeo grounds growing up in California. I had to take a picture of the girls with it. All in all we had a great time exploring Main St in this cute little town!
Every charming little shop and store was open with offerings of hot dogs, ice cream, face painting (which as you can see we took full advantage of) sodas, candy, stickers, people on the street singing and playing their musical instruments. It was a lot of fun! We stopped at the bouncy house and the girls also did hula-hoops. I would have totally done the hula hoop because I am a secret hula hoop champion (you would not have guessed that would you?!) but my knee had just been kinked up for the last 3 hours and I was lucky to be able to be walking on it. I didn't want to ruin my luck and have it go out again (darn joints!) so I passed on my opportunity to shine with the hula-hoop!
On the way to the car I saw this mural painted on the side of a building. It reminded me of the big mural they had painted on the side of the rodeo grounds growing up in California. I had to take a picture of the girls with it. All in all we had a great time exploring Main St in this cute little town!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Some Time at the Park (Colorado Part 3)
This is Cassidy having the time of her life with her friends at the park- I think she may have been a little disturbed at me watching her with my camera. What do you think?
When you go on vacation do you tend to do the same normal things? I am not a fan, I like to explore and see as much as I can possibly see while I am somewhere new. However with kids....that isn't always possible and sometimes we do whatever we need too to make the littles happy. Here we are at a fun park down the street from our friends house (John and Suzanne, Jane, Jill and Heidi) Jane and Jill are like my second set of girls - I love them so! The girls had fun playing together and just well.....being girls at a park on a warm summer day!
Jane and Cassidy owning the playground. They are so funny thinking they are so "cool" and big!
Abby loved this spinning pole. Remember when we were young we had that huge spinning thing on playgrounds. What happened to those? They were both fun and scary!
Abby also loves to swing and since she is truly "Miss Independence" she loves to "pump" the swing and I don't even have to push her! She can swing for hours!!! I told her swinging will be her favorite when she goes to kindergarten!
Little Jill is such a cutie! look at that smile Ü Her and Abby had fun on the tire swing - I had to push them on that one. It's not a do-it-yourself kind of swing.
I love this shot of Miss Abbs - her hair blowing in the breeze with a smile on her face!
Even Suzanne and Heidi got to swing!
When you go on vacation do you tend to do the same normal things? I am not a fan, I like to explore and see as much as I can possibly see while I am somewhere new. However with kids....that isn't always possible and sometimes we do whatever we need too to make the littles happy. Here we are at a fun park down the street from our friends house (John and Suzanne, Jane, Jill and Heidi) Jane and Jill are like my second set of girls - I love them so! The girls had fun playing together and just well.....being girls at a park on a warm summer day!
Jane and Cassidy owning the playground. They are so funny thinking they are so "cool" and big!
Abby loved this spinning pole. Remember when we were young we had that huge spinning thing on playgrounds. What happened to those? They were both fun and scary!
Abby also loves to swing and since she is truly "Miss Independence" she loves to "pump" the swing and I don't even have to push her! She can swing for hours!!! I told her swinging will be her favorite when she goes to kindergarten!
Little Jill is such a cutie! look at that smile Ü Her and Abby had fun on the tire swing - I had to push them on that one. It's not a do-it-yourself kind of swing.
I love this shot of Miss Abbs - her hair blowing in the breeze with a smile on her face!
Even Suzanne and Heidi got to swing!The Drive (Colorado Part 2)
I loved how I could look ahead and see mountains and trees and look behind us and see nothing but the same. It felt like we were being swallowed up into the mouth of the mountains. 
This area took my breath away because who ever lives in the little cottage/cabin has the most remarkable view! Mountains, a lake, trees, clouds. It's perfect! What a view!!
I LOVE CLOUDS! There were some amazing clouds on our trip. They seemed so close to us. The only other time I have seen clouds closer than these was when I was in Casper Wyo. visiting my Grandmother. The clouds there where so close I felt like I could reach up and grab them. These were almost as good! Cassidy said, "Mom do you think Grampa is floating on that cloud right there? It looks comfortable!" I bet he wishes he was....I do!
Lastly I had to get a Colorado Sunset. I loved how I could see the whole sun setting without buildings or homes to get in my way!
The only draw back of this trip was the time in the car. I do not travel well due to my arthritis which makes me very, very uncomfortable when standing (or in this case) sitting for long periods of time. My girls are much better travelers than I am and I admire them for that. I am the one that is following the map to see when our next stop is, or asking if we can stop at the next town. They would be happy to drive all 10 hours straight! (yuck)
I do want to say that the drive was beautiful once we got into Colorado. The was a whole lot of vast nothingness while driving through New Mexico. We did see a remarkable sunset against some very interestingly shaped rock formations. I could see movies being filmed there where someone was dropped off in the middle of nowhere or maybe a moon scene. Once we crossed the border into Co. trees were everywhere and beautiful mountains came into view. I have never seen so many trees all at once. My eyes could hardly take it all in. It was amazingly beautiful. They don't call it "God's Country" for nothing!
I took a lot of pictures while driving through these mountains with trees as far as the eye could see. I was trying to be creative but lets face it....after 3-4 shots everything pretty much looks the same so I hope I don't bore you with the next pictures. I was amazed at the vast amount of open land. California has open land that is ugly and can't be used because of who knows what but this was open land that is strikingly beautiful! Why are there not more people snatching it up? Tom and I wondered this. (I have thought it's because in the winter the part we were driving through is covered in mounds of snow - that might deter people)
This area took my breath away because who ever lives in the little cottage/cabin has the most remarkable view! Mountains, a lake, trees, clouds. It's perfect! What a view!!
I LOVE CLOUDS! There were some amazing clouds on our trip. They seemed so close to us. The only other time I have seen clouds closer than these was when I was in Casper Wyo. visiting my Grandmother. The clouds there where so close I felt like I could reach up and grab them. These were almost as good! Cassidy said, "Mom do you think Grampa is floating on that cloud right there? It looks comfortable!" I bet he wishes he was....I do!Lastly I had to get a Colorado Sunset. I loved how I could see the whole sun setting without buildings or homes to get in my way!Colorado Part 1
This is where we got to stay while we were in Co. It is The Bridges Golf Course and Club House. Our friend is a golf pro there and he let us stay in one of the suites they have for out of town guests. It was beautiful and I have never felt softer towels and sheets. I have 800 thread count sheets and they feel like sand paper after sleeping on the sheets on this bed!! I even looked for the label so I could go buy the same sheets but the words had all been washed off - darn it!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Back From Our Trip To Colorado
We got back from our trip to Colorado this weekend. Tom had a meeting in Montrose Co. on the 3rd and the 5th so the girls and I tagged along so we could be with him on the 4th of July (one of my favorite holidays). Luckily our friends John and Suzanne, Jane, Jill and Heidi just moved there so we had friends to hang out with while Tom worked.
The girls had so much fun playing with their "sisters". These girls have been best friends their whole lives! I think Jane and Cass were 2 yrs old when I started watching Jane and Jill was 6 weeks old when I got to watch her. I call them my "other daughters" because if I could have them I would!! (I'm sure John and Suzanne would mind if I took them since they are so sweet!)
The weather was WONDERFUL!! We even got to wear sweatshirts and.....it rained!!! Loved the weather and the mountains and trees were so pretty. I fell head over heels in love with Telluride Co. that we stopped to see on our way back home. I am truly smitten for sure with that darling little town. I'll tell more about it later on in my posting of the trip. But just know that I have a new love and am wishing that I could have stayed longer and explored further!!
I have 400 pictures to weed through and will be posting more about our trip in the next few days. We got our family picture taken on the 4th, went to Main Street for the town party night, we went and saw Kit Kitkitterdge and the girls and I loved it!!! It was so cute and it was fun to take 4 girls to the movies who like to go to the movies (that does make all the difference you know). We set off a bazillion fireworks and Tom was like a kid in a candy store. He had the most fun out of everyone! I haven't seen a smile on his face that big in a long time - he was a pyro for sure and the kids loved every second of it! We also bar-b-qued fresh Colorado Salmon - caught that very day out at the river....who knew??? -- and it was divine, saw a home town parade, watched the fireworks and the hill catch on fire because of the fireworks, stayed in a very nice lodge at the golf club (for free!), went antiquing, got to run in and out of several tee-pees at the Ute Museum, went to the Russel Stover Chocolate Factory and I have NEVER seen so much candy in one place at one time - AMAZING!!! Oh and lets not forget that we drove in our car 10 long hours there and then 8 hours back because of a shortcut. Did I also mention that I hate to travel anywhere longer than 6 hours. That is my limit and there is a reason for that. More than 6 hours is just plain torture for anyone especially me! But I survived and I made it there and back without too much complaining. My girls however.....didn't complain once and didn't fight either! They are such great travelers. They make the trip fun and it's not the same when we go without them. Oh, I almost forgot....we also stopped at The Four Corners Monument and I got to put my feet and hands in four different states all at the same time ( I saw a picture of my Aunt Kathy doing this when I was young and HAD to stop and do it too!).
There will be a lot of fun posting and pictures coming soon so check back in a few days. Like I said I have 400 pictures (which I know you can't wait to see all 400 Ü ) so as soon as I edit and organize I'll be posting them!
Happy 4th of July!!!
The girls had so much fun playing with their "sisters". These girls have been best friends their whole lives! I think Jane and Cass were 2 yrs old when I started watching Jane and Jill was 6 weeks old when I got to watch her. I call them my "other daughters" because if I could have them I would!! (I'm sure John and Suzanne would mind if I took them since they are so sweet!)
The weather was WONDERFUL!! We even got to wear sweatshirts and.....it rained!!! Loved the weather and the mountains and trees were so pretty. I fell head over heels in love with Telluride Co. that we stopped to see on our way back home. I am truly smitten for sure with that darling little town. I'll tell more about it later on in my posting of the trip. But just know that I have a new love and am wishing that I could have stayed longer and explored further!!
I have 400 pictures to weed through and will be posting more about our trip in the next few days. We got our family picture taken on the 4th, went to Main Street for the town party night, we went and saw Kit Kitkitterdge and the girls and I loved it!!! It was so cute and it was fun to take 4 girls to the movies who like to go to the movies (that does make all the difference you know). We set off a bazillion fireworks and Tom was like a kid in a candy store. He had the most fun out of everyone! I haven't seen a smile on his face that big in a long time - he was a pyro for sure and the kids loved every second of it! We also bar-b-qued fresh Colorado Salmon - caught that very day out at the river....who knew??? -- and it was divine, saw a home town parade, watched the fireworks and the hill catch on fire because of the fireworks, stayed in a very nice lodge at the golf club (for free!), went antiquing, got to run in and out of several tee-pees at the Ute Museum, went to the Russel Stover Chocolate Factory and I have NEVER seen so much candy in one place at one time - AMAZING!!! Oh and lets not forget that we drove in our car 10 long hours there and then 8 hours back because of a shortcut. Did I also mention that I hate to travel anywhere longer than 6 hours. That is my limit and there is a reason for that. More than 6 hours is just plain torture for anyone especially me! But I survived and I made it there and back without too much complaining. My girls however.....didn't complain once and didn't fight either! They are such great travelers. They make the trip fun and it's not the same when we go without them. Oh, I almost forgot....we also stopped at The Four Corners Monument and I got to put my feet and hands in four different states all at the same time ( I saw a picture of my Aunt Kathy doing this when I was young and HAD to stop and do it too!).
There will be a lot of fun posting and pictures coming soon so check back in a few days. Like I said I have 400 pictures (which I know you can't wait to see all 400 Ü ) so as soon as I edit and organize I'll be posting them!
Happy 4th of July!!!
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