Thursday, August 14, 2008

Vacation At Home

We decided to vacation closer to home this summer. It has been a long time since we've seen the many beautiful sights Coloraod has to offer. So one day we went to Heritage Square and the Apline Slide and the next we packed our young family and hiked Devil's Head. Surprisingly, we all made it; even Tami who thought she needed a ride from BJ like the girls to make it! It was a fun couple of days. Since then, we've been lounging at the pool and taking it easy. Sorry though, no pictures of that. Tami hates the camera when she's pregnant!


BJ was the designated roller-coaster rider and after a full day of it, needed a nap and an aspirin! Tami was glad she got to play the pregnancy card on some of them!











The Devils Head Trail climbs 948 feet in elevation and is 1.34 miles one way. This is near the end of the ascent trip and these girls are still smiling!



This staircase must have at least 1,000 steps on it! Hannah kept saying "my buns are burning!" But at the top the view made it all worth it for BJ and I, but the girls found two ladybug colonies, and that was their reward!








On our way down I took time to capture the view, but Hannah found a chipmunk she thought much more deserving of the camera's attention. She took this picture and about 50 others, so if you've never seen a chipmunk, we have plenty of documentation for you!



A tired pack mule carries a sleepy Addie on his shoulders. At one point she had dozed off, but I wasn't quick enough with the camera. But I think you get the idea!

2 comments:

Natalie said...

YIPEEE I love seeing new posts, and one picture of you actually pregnant! :D I miss you so much girl, someday we'll be on the phone when we BOTH can breath for 2 min. *mwah* love ya!

Austinfamily said...

That looks fun. I didn't know you could take kids on the Alpine Slide. We'll have to do this when we are up.