Showing posts with label Colorado. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colorado. Show all posts

Saturday, July 03, 2010

Colorado Part 4 - The Royal Gorge

During our time in Colorado Springs we rode the train through the Royal Gorge. It was fun to see the rafters along our way! We also walked down to the dining car where we bought some corn dogs and other healthy things. ;) It was not so much fun trying to order and carry all our food in a narrow train car with four kids and other passengers trying to walk by. We probably should have eaten beforehand. Live and learn.



This is a shot of part of the long water line that was built by hand by prisoners back in the early 1900's. They dug through the mountain by hand and it took them years to finish (wish I could remember how long exactly). There were 30 prisoners who either died or escaped during the project - no one knows what happened to them. The water line was used until the 1970's.









Friday, July 02, 2010

Colorado Part 3 - White Fence Farm

One Sunday we went to church and then drove to White Fence Farm. It reminded me a little of the Amish Farm we've been to a few times in Indiana. We had a delicious family style lunch with fried chicken and iced tea and the best corn fritters I've ever had!

After lunch we got to pet and feed animals, play on a playground, go up in a really neat tree house, eat some ice cream, listen to a blue grass band, and put our feet in a creek. It was a very hot day (unlike many of our days there!) so our cheeks are pink in all the pictures!






















Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Colorado Part 2 - On the Lake

One day we went out on the lake with one of my mom's co-workers and his wife. They were wonderful hosts and treated us just like family.

Here's Joshua with "Captain Meader" driving the boat.


John David and Julia went out on the inner tube.



John David was getting into it!



Uh-oh! That wasn't a good tube and they both ended up in the cold water. Julia was terrified and very glad she had a life jacket on.



Joshua was busy enjoying some snacks. That boy has some hair.



Dodie and Aulora - is that a carrot he's holding?



A little family of geese came to visit us and the kids shared some of their lunch.



Colorado Part 1

Our time in Colorado is over and now begins the massive catch up posting.

Aulora was playing the accordion while wearing a pretend McDonald's drive through headset.


Julia was helping to tuck Aulora in.
(Notice the santa hat.)


Goodnight, Boo!


Dodie and Julia played an Ode to Joy duet.


We stopped at Garden of the Gods on our way back from Colorado Springs.


I'm not sure who's having more fun - my dad or Joshua.


More to come......