So it was great to get away from the 110+ temps and head up to Colorado. The drive wasn't nearly as painful as it was two years ago. A three year old can behave much better (sometimes) than a one year old!
Especially if you provide "the gripper" to play with. We actually use it in the van to pass things to the girls in the back on long trips, but it's been broken for oh... a few years. Mike worked his magic on it some time this year and ta da! Toy & tool in one.
Clara was a little grouchy on the trip this year (sometimes three year olds behave better than five year olds!). She started asking in the first fifteen minutes, "how long until we're there?" and she wanted updates every hour or so. At least the audiobooks helped to distract her for a little while (love those pink headphones!).
We had a lunch break in Trinidad (see the pics below - I was too lazy to cross the street and get the whole word in one shot) including a trip to see the train that Mike used to always see on his way up to Colorado. It has been retired for fifty+ years now! JM was disappointed that it was fenced off - he would have loved to explore inside!
And the last emergency potty stop (about twenty minutes from Mike's parent's cabin) in South Fork, at the rest stop that was in the Chevy Chase film National Lampoon's Vacation. Where I took pictures of flowers (flowers, not dried up, browned, burnt, shriveled up plants and grass!) instead of any scenery you might recognize.
Anyhow, it was lovely to get to Colorado and I'll have to share more about our actual adventures in Colorado in the next post. It's dinner time & the MYOP (or really made by the kids pizza) is coming out of the oven right now - yum!
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