Today’s big adventure was a ride into the mountains to St. Mary’s Glacier, which often has snow all year round. We parked at the bottom of a hill (already at 10,000′ elevation), and hiked 3/4 of a mile up to a pretty little lake where we had a picnic lunch and then hiked further up [...]
Archive for category Places
Snow in July!
Jul 10
Pretty House
Jul 9
The (in)famous Casa Bonita was the site of our evening repast today, but not just ours. We had arranged for a mini Calvary Reunion of sorts, and met up with our former intern Calob and his wife Sarah, and Nancy and her nephew Jared. Casa Bonita is more than just a restaurant, it’s an experience. [...]
Plane Old Museum
Jul 9
A visit to Wings Over the Rockies was part of our day today. It’s a very cool museum at the old site of Lowry Air Force Base. We got to see many, many aircraft, both military and civilian but the highlight (for some) was an X-Wing fighter from Star Wars with R2D2 on the back
The Rockies!
Jul 8
No; this isn’t a duplicate post. Grampa bought us all tickets to an afternoon Rockies game against the Nationals. It was a bright sunny afternoon, and 97º, but our seats were in the shade most of the game. And when the sun finally reached us, we were able to move to empty seats behind us. [...]
Rowell Pool
Jul 7
Normally, Rowell Pool refers to the family football pool, but at this moment, it refers to the neighborhood pool. A refreshing way to celebrate our arrival!
We Made It!
Jul 7
We have reached our intermediate destination, at Susan’s parents’ house. We will be here for about a week before heading on to further adventures West and South.
A Sterling Break
Jul 7
One of our favorite stops along the way has been Dairy Queen, as there are DQ’s in most towns. Two hours to go!
On to Centennial!
Jul 7
This morning, we leave behind Alliance, Nebraska and the Holiday Inn Express there and the very bumpy land and the big coal trains and head to Colorado
An American Copy…
Jul 6
Who needs big stones… When you have cars to stick in the ground.
Goodbye, Oreville
Jul 6
This morning, we had breakfast by a not so roaring campfire. Seeing as we were trying to get going, there seemed little point to getting a blazing fire going, when we would just have to put it out. I think everyone slept better either due to exhaustion from lack of sleep the night prior, or [...]
