This was not in our plans for today...or this vacation at all...but hey, isn't that what vacations are all about. We left Aunt Vicki's around 11:00 this morning and headed for Lakewood, Colorado to see Larry's Grandma. We planned on it being around a 6 to 7 hour drive which is probably how long it would have been. We were on the road for 7 hours today only we took a slight detour. We kept hearing about Estes Park throughout a couple different conversations and could see the Rocky Mountains off from a distance as we were traveling down I-25...and thought about heading to the mountains again...indecisive...we've seen mountains already...but these are different mountains...this is vacation...it'll make us at least a day behind...I'll miss my 5K on Saturday...we'll probably never drive this way again anytime soon...we're not ready to come home yet...Kim said it was worth it...you get the idea! So, here we are in Estes Park...it's not as far as we thought it was out of the way...only about 22 miles of winding roads, rocky scenery, waterfalls, fast flowing rivers...vs. the 92 miles we thought it was due to a map-reading error by BOTH of us. We had a late start this morning so us being us made it into the hotel later than we wanted, but it's all good. We were ready for some more vacationing after our trip today. It went EXCELLENT! I was afraid that the ride home would be absolutely terrible since it went so well on the way out and we have done at least 12 more hours of driving since we arrived at Aunt Vicki's. The boys were better than we could have imagined. Gavin and I had a competition to see who could find the most antelope along the way. We played for at least 2 hours...seriously...who needs video games, or a dvd player when you have wildlife. We found over 100...we didn't start counting right away and after we hit 100 we decided to call it quits. We also saw a couple herds of buffalo around Cheyenne, Wyoming.
We ate at a Mexican Restaurant for supper called Casa Grande...it looked like a little hole in the wall type place, but what we didn't realize was that it was right along the river and once you made it inside it was actually really nice and had a great view of the river from the side windows...very deceiving! We made it to our hotel around 9pm and swam until 10pm. The boys were out in a flash tonight. The hotel we're staying at is nicer than I would've imagined for the price. The plan for tomorrow is to do some things here and then head to Lakewood later in the evening. What we do depends on the weather tomorrow. We can already feel a change in the weather. We slowly watched our temp. gauge on the Durango rise as we drove further East. When we left Evanston it said 58 degrees this morning and it was actually nice...the sun was shining down which gave us a warm feeling. Today before we made our way up into the mountains it read 82 degrees...and when we made it up into Estes Park it was 70 degrees. We saw a lot of men trout fishing out in the river...the boys got a kick out of them wearing their waders. They'd like to try it...too bad the waters would carry them away in a heartbeat.
On our way home...these are some of the comments I heard.
Gavin: I don't really want to leave Wyoming...
Larry: You know, we could just head to "The property" and nobody would ever find us...ever! (it's somewhat along our way home)
Gavin (later in the day): I wish we could have mountains in Illinois
Gavin: Can we come back in December...when there's snow everywhere?
Gavin: You know, I'm really not ready to go home yet...are you guys?
Maddox: Why do we have to go to Illinois...it's going to take a LONG time.
Maddox didn't have as much to say about it as Gavin did, but he's having the same feeling as the rest of us. You know how sometimes when you're away from home you have a feeling of wanting to get back into a routine and be home in your own bed...and just be home...we don't have that...not at all...I guess that means that Aunt Vicki and Kim are way too good to us and have completely spoiled us.
Enough of my ramblings for the night...good night to all...the fireplace is making me warm and cozy and ready for some zzzzz's.
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4 comments:
aww! those comments r cute! i miss u guys! love u all!
Sounds like vacation has been wonderful!! Our internet has not been working so I have been missing out on the daily posts. :( I am missing you guys!
Now, that is called a VACATION in my book. Wish my other half would look at it that way. Try things out, it might surprise you at what you see. We will have to have get together when you get back so we can hear all about it. Thanks for the blog.!!!!
I am glad that u are having a good time but we miss you guys:) I think others do to. Be Safe see you soon
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