Salida

   On Tuesday, we took a little trip down to Salida.  I really like Salida and think it's a pretty neat little town.  We always make a trip down there when we spend the week at the cabin.  We started our time there with a trip to the river park . The kids had fun playing and we walked along the river which is breathtaking.
    After we walked along the river, we walked towards some shopping.  It's similar to Old Colorado City and has some really neat little shops.  There is a toy store that we always stop at and let the kids each pick out a little something.  That store is just packed with toys and the kids always have a hard time choosing something .  We walked around a few more stores.
     We usually go to a local pizza place for lunch, but we have something really similar in town so we decided to try something different.  We had read really good things about a local bakery/deli and we decided to give it a try.  It was the cutest little place with an amazing selection of sandwiches.  The bread was all fresh baked and it was honestly some of the best bread I had ever had.  Our only complaint was we really wanted to try one of their brownies for dessert and they were out of them.  Oh well, next time because there will definitely be a next time.  It was very good.
       After lunch, we decided to head back up to the cabin.  We really didn't spend anytime there the day before and we wanted to spend some time up there since we were heading home the next day.

Park fun

Ashlyn is apparently part monkey and scaled up this pole like a little monkey.  

The Arkansas River

So pretty

A little rock climbing area they have

Such pretty girls

Taking in the views

Gracie found a stroller to push

Gracie enjoying her lunch

The lunch place had amazing fresh baked cookies 

Our sweet Ella

Dawson playing with the trains he got at the toy store