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

Eldorado Springs

Here are some pics of our visit to Eldorado Canyon State Park - our closest state park..... about 20 minutes away.

 This park was stunning right from the entrance.  You pass through Eldorado Springs a small, old mountain town and then enter the park.  It's really cool.

You're in this big, steep canyon, so pretty much the only way to go is up.  So this is the kids before the ascent.

 Just too cool.

Amelia ready to climb. The kids were all eager to go up to test their playground skills.

Cora had a lot of fun hanging out on Daddy's back.

This is a shot of us going down after we made it as far as we safely could go with such little legs.

The views are just unbelievable, probably even more so in person.  This will be the park to hit in the fall.  It will be four years since we've seen the leaves change.  We are excited about it!

All of us hiking it on the trail that runs along the creek.

We never did make it to the top of that one though.  Maybe next time.

Shots of the creek along side the trail.

This is Boulder creek running through, and there are more small water falls here than in Boulder where the creek passes.

The kids had to get a closer look, and they are always looking for their chance to spot some gold.

Cora doing a little rock climbing of her own.

Cora just being cute.  She'd keep right up with the kids and their climbing too, if we'd let her.

--B