After spending a few days out exploring the area, we decided that we needed to spend a day at the cabin. We started the day with a pancake breakfast followed by a trip to the chipmunks. The kids never ever get sick of feeding those chipmunks. Dawson is usually pretty leery of them, but he started letting them eat out of his hand.
After chipmunks, Katy took Jameson back to the cabin for a nap. Joey and I took the kids on a ride. After the ride, I decided to go on a run. I love running up there, even though it is very hard because of the elevation. Running at 10,000 feet is no joke! That particular day I had a phenomenal run. I was running on a road with lots of atv's. I got a lot of thumbs up from people passing by which put a big smile on my face.
We spent the rest of the day going down to the river, blowing bubbles, and having fun. It was really nice having a day to just relax at the cabin and not go anywhere.
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| Feeding the chipmunks |
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| Finally not afraid of them anymore!!! |
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| Taking a pit stop during our ride |
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| They love any excuse to run around |
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| This is an old mining building. Joey and I joked with the kids that we were going to stay the night there. They weren't phased in the least. |
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| Ella and Uncle Joey |
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| My AWESOME trail run. |
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| The scenery can not be beat! |
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| Down below is another retired mine. |
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| Bridge by Mary Murphy Mine |
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| Popsicle time by the river!!! |
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| Alli getting her exercise |
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| Dawson loves throwing sticks. |
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| More of their favorite activity: chasing bubbles! |
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| We learned Jameson liked to pop bubbles too! |
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| A deer we saw one night. |
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| We bought the kids glow in the dark bubbles. The problem was that it got dark so late up there that we had a hard time finding a time to use them. One night Joey found Ashlyn still awake in her bed. He brought her outside and "activated" the bubbles. He said the look on her face was priceless. She thought they were the coolest things ever! |
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| Blowing the bubbles at night |
