Quick Colorado Weekend

The kids are fantastic travelers now. When Q was a baby and we flew he screamed for HOURS inside the airport and I said no to air travel until he was old enough to entertain himself and not scream for hours. Since he's grown, he's been a FANTASTIC travel buddy and he can even carry his own luggage.

We usually stay in rental homes when we go because we do travel with quite a few people - it's much easier to coordinate schedules, lunches, and activities. This house was situated on a street with super easy access to an open space. There's gravel trails and we walked almost daily. There's so many holes for the prairie dogs that you can hardly go two steps without seeing them pop up from their holes. They're super cute and they sound like one of Phil's squeaky toys.

This is Eldorado Canyon State Park. If you look along the closest rock ridge line you'll see mountain climbers. There were 4 that we could see (though without my glasses I could just see their bright color shirts so I was useless at spotting them. LOL). 

The canyon is a pretty walk. 

Eventually you come around and out of the canyon so you can see down into the valley and out of the foothills - Eldorado looks down on Superior, Louisville, and Broomfield.

A soccer field. LOL. I had to take a photo because here in Minnesota, our soccer field views are most definitely not mountains.

Mesa Trail with family. The trailhead for this is actually located on the same road as Eldorado Canyon state park and this gets BUSY. When we were walking back down I think maybe 25 people had passed us. Colorado is no longer a place where you are all alone when you hike, you are always either passing someone else or are being passed on trails. I have found that people are not polite either. I always say hi or good morning or good afternoon and there were definite assholes on the trail! One woman left the bathroom door open, the seat up and didn't understand how the compost toilets work (she also didn't say excuse me or runner ahead or thank you when we moved off the trail and I hope she's having the life that she deserves, sorry, I'm petty today! LOL). 

Overall, our trip was great, we got to see my husband's 96 year old grandma and we had a fabulous time seeing family. I hope we get to see everyone again soon!