A fall trip to Colorado!

For Fall Break, we loaded up the bus and headed to Colorado!  It was a wonderful time of year to be there and we enjoyed the Fall colors everywhere.
We started off our trip at the OSU Cowboys Memorial and it was really neat to see.  I had never been there before.  Harper was very interested in learning the story about all 10 men.

We spent that evening roaming around Boulder and got a good night's sleep to prepare for the next day.  On Friday, we headed to Georgetown to ride the Georgetown Loop Railroad.  Owen is still fascinated with trains and we knew this one would be extra fun.  Not only was it a real train, but it went across a giant suspension bridge as it climbed the mountain.  We were surprised when we got to Georgetown that it was snowing.  The kids were pumped.  We rode the train up and grabbed some hot chocolate before heading back down the mountain. 

That afternoon, our plan was to go up Mt. Evans...a 14,000 ft. mountain that you can drive most of the way up...hike the rest.  But unfortunately it was closed for the season.  So we went as far as we could and then got out to hike.  We hiked around a beautiful lake, but the kids' favorite part was playing in the snow!!!

On Saturday, we headed into Denver for the "city" part of our vacation.  Of course, we hit up the American Girl store and the "girls" got some new 'dos.  From there we went to the Denver Zoo.  It was really fun to go to a different zoo then we are used to.  It was a lot of fun and neat to see some different things.  Overall, it was a very relaxing and exciting Fall Break Trip!