Pool, Bikes, Hoses 8.14.19

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Saturday July 20th Fort Collins to Colorado Springs (Cheyenne Mt. State Park)

We drove around a bit of the Colorado State campus in the morning on the way to our hike.  The hike went up a foothill and looked down on the city.  Lucy lead most of the hike.  On the way down she saw a snake.  Ironically, that night we would read a book about the human body, nerves and emergency responses and had a good example to compare it to.

          

       

More road tripping!

         

Friday July 18th - Arrive in Fort Collins

We left Thursday around 9 PM -- had a visit neighborhood clinic for a second time that day, this time to plead for antibiotic.  Doctor was amazing, but then we had to wait for pharmacy.   So later depart than we hoped, but we're not in a hurry.  Kids were a little restless in the car and took a while to sleep.  We dodged two big storms in Iowa, just skirting the outside of them.  It made for fun driving seeing the big clouds light up though.  We stopped near the NE/CO border at a rest stop.  Lucy was excited to get out and explore the little picnic huts all over the ground.  Unfortunately she lost sense of where we were and got lost.  She kept sprinting farther and farther away (closer to interstate).  Kerry yelled and chased and eventually got Lucy's attention.  This was Lucy's first "I lost my parents" incident ever.  Not the most pleasant occurrence on the side of an interstate.

And with about an hour to go, the kiddos NEEDED to get out of the car again.  So we made some lunch at a rest stop. The kids (and Isaac) played with some other guests' dogs and climbed rocks.

Cheyenne, WY Rest Stop

We arrived at Paul and Lisa's in Fort Collins around noon.  The kids were super excited to be there.  So excited we couldn't get the excited buggers down for a nap.  Isaac took Charlie on a van ride and eventually got him a bit of a nap.  Kerry snuggled Lucy to sleep.  Isaac returned with an awoken Charlie and traded spots with Kerry to get some ZZZs with Lucy.

We ventured out to Fat Tire Brewery and Old Town Fort Collins.  Old Town had a very fun feel.  We listened to a concert, got Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream and some fantastic Burritos with fried potatoes.
Lucy hadn't seen Paul and Lisa since she was 2, and Charlie since he was 10 weeks old, but they reconnected quite quickly.

 

 

What do you do with exhausted kids while you wait for burritos?  Lift 'em up!