Winter Mountain Weekend

 We spent the weekend at a cabin in Golden Gate Canyon State Park.  It was cold, beautiful, and lots of fun. We couldn't resist the fresh powder, so we hit the slopes(on sleds of course) for most of the weekend.  When everyone got too cold, we relaxed and played games in the toasty, warm cabin.  We then headed back home to sixty degrees and sunny.  It was a great time!

--B

Ketner Lake

Each day on lunch we take a walk while the kids bike.  We take the trail system from our house up to Ketner Lake and then ride/walk around the lake.  When we come around the lake, we get a nice mountain view.  This is what a cloudy day looks like in Colorado!  So with all of the clouds, it is a bit hard to see the snow capped mountains in the distance.

--B

Reverend's Ridge

The park rangers mentioned that there has been a bear wandering around at the more remote campsite that we first camped at, so we decided we should stick to the more populated campground.  These are pics from our trip last weekend at Reverend's Ridge, the campground with more people, cars, etc.  We felt a bit more safe at least.  

The leaves are turning in the mountains, yay! It's been four years since we've seen any fall colors.

A good ole' fashion game of stack the logs.  Dale accomplished that one. Then the kids threw rocks to knock it down.

Here's where we took a break in the middle of our hike to refuel and rehydrate.  Everyone made the entire 4.5 mile hike with 1,000 ft in elevation change.  Pretty impressive...especially for Nick who hiked more miles than his age.

--B

Colorado Camping

Camping in the Rockies is amazing! These are pics from our first camping trip in Golden Gate Canyon State Park. We camped for four days and got rained on each day/night.  We had a blast anyway. We've been camping every other weekend, so bring your tent and come join us sometime! --B