Colorado Pt. 2

I don't have any pictures of the hot springs since we were too busy swimming to take any... but on the other side of the fence, they have a little pond with turtles and fish (some kind of carp, Christian thinks)

 They also have a playground and a huge field in front of the hot springs...the littles and I stayed at the playground one afternoon while C and P played ultimate frisbee.

Back at the campground...I have video of the little cottage we stayed in, but no pics.

You can see that the hills are started to change colors.

My beautiful blessings...

Back at Ridgeway park

 The had a fun Lorax-ish "telephone" on their playground... the kids wanted to play house, and chose me to be the Mom. Go figure.

 Real, bonafide merry-go-round

Christian's tree climbing skills are impressive

 The morning we tried to leave we found the world covered in snow! Yes, I played a couple Christmas songs before Christian's coffee had started working!

Colorado Pt. 1

 This is at our lunch park in Cortez

 Sand angel!

 A was pretending to spread the tree limbs apart

At the RV park near Ridgeway

 This bear visited the campground a few times...doesn't seem to be too tough to be chased off by a sissy dog. :)

 

 Gondola ride at Telluride

 Up at Mountain Village

 The glowing leaves of the aspen were just breathtaking!

 The walk back to the van meandered along a stream

 Elijah and Randy are just two birds of a feather!

Birthday Girl

 Nine!!!

 Lots of family!

 Big T couldn't get enough of the light sabers!

 Uncle Mike made Anne sugar cookies. Yum!

Hats from a friend of Uncle Philip- on some cute kids!