Our last full day in Colorado! We started off our day with donuts. I think this was our 3rd donut run for the week. Nora chose a donut with fruit loops on top! :)
We hiked up to Bierstadt Lake and we started at the Park and Ride and made a loop to the Bierstadt Lake trailhead. It was a beautiful morning and a beautiful hike.....and there weren't many people out on our way TO the lake, so that was nice. We even saw a deer just a few feet in front of us, which was pretty cool.
It was cool and windy when we got to the lake--so we didn't spend too much time there--we took a few pictures, had a few treats and started our hike down. We've hiked to Bierstadt lake before (maybe a couple times even), but we entered from a different part of the lake, so it was fun to see a different view.
The kids were kind of tired on the hike. I'm sure it was a combination of a long, fun week with no naps and all the hiking! Luke took turns giving shoulder rides to BOTH kids (Bishop is too big for the backpack and Nora wanted a shoulder ride too)! On the hike down Luke tripped with Nora on his shoulders and took a pretty good fall. I was a few feet behind them and saw them go down. The scariest part was we were on a ledge/cliff and there wasn't much room for either of them to go......thankfully they were both ok. Luke took the brunt of the injuries as he tried to minimize the impact for Nora. Nora's hands got scraped up a bit, but she was scared more than anything. That was the end of the shoulder rides....and thankfully we were almost to the bottom of the mountain!
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| Hiking up! |
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| Bierstadt Lake |
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| Look at this cool tree/chair! |
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| A tired hiker |
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| Right after their accident |
We let the kids dictate the rest of our day.....so we had lunch at Claires, we went swimming and then we went for icecream!! The kids were happy and everyone was in a good mood! I think the sunshine and warm weather really helped! It was by far the nicest day of our trip!
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| Superman Icecream....for the 3rd time, I think! |
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| Just hangin' out! |
We picked up pizza for dinner and spent our last night playing Go Go Fish and packing up to leave.
We had another wonderful week in Coloardo! We loved the place we stayed in and having the extra room. We enjoyed some new things and found some new favorites (The Rock Shop, Claire's, Go Go Fish)! While the weather didn't cooperate with us fully we were still able to get out and enjoy the mountains every day. As the kids get older we realize we may enjoy traveling around a bit more.....but we'll see how we feel next year when we start to plan the trip!
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