Category Archives: Colorado

Colorado Here We Come… Day 9

She Said: So today we got up early, loaded up the minivan, and headed home. All the way across Kansas. Max kept asking all day, “Are we in Raymore yet? Are we still in Colorado? Is it still a long time to get home?” It was chilly and rainy all day and the rain followed…

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Colorado Here We Come… Day 8

She Said: Today we got up and headed out into Colorado Springs for a day of adventuring. We headed out to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo first, the only mountain zoo in the country. We spent all morning and part of the afternoon there, but we were able to see all the animals. Max and Ava…

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Colorado Here We Come… Day 7

She Said: So we got up early this morning, but not early enough to catch the 6 am ballon takeoff at the balloon festival. Good thing we made it in early last night and caught the balloon glow, because otherwise we would have missed it completely… all four hot air balloons. So we hopped in…

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Colorado Here We Come… Day 6

She Said: Well, just as I predicted, the sleeping in late was just a fluke. The kids were up early and ready to go this morning. So we packed up the minivan and headed north to Ouray. Lia helped me pack this morning Let me tell you something, the drive from Durango to Ouray was…

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Colorado Here We Come… Day 5

She Said: So today started off differently than every other day so far…. the kids actually slept in! I’m not sure how that happened, but I’m betting that means they will be up super early tomorrow So first off, let me say that if you’re ever going to go camping in Durango, you should definitely…

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