saturday, july 5:
flew from houston to albuquerque, NM - rented a minivan and drove 4 hours to durango, colorado. our cabin was so cute, and we had the upstairs all to ourselves (brian, avery & i). we roasted marshmellows and made s'mores around our campfire that night.
sunday, july 6:
brian fished. avery & i played at the local park, played horseshoes and threw rocks in the river. this was her favorite past-time... sitting by the river and seeing how big a splash she could make by throwing huge rocks in the river.
monday, july 7:
we took a bus from durango to silverton, which is an old mining town at about 11,000 elevation. it was cold, but it felt so good! the men went on a jeep tour while the women shopped around silverton. then we took a TRAIN ride back to durango! avery slept half-way on the train, but when she woke up, she loved looking over the edge of our open car at the scary view! that night we went to a chuckwagon dinner and show in durango. the food was delicious and the performance (5 guys with guitars singing cowboy songs) was suprisingly very entertaining!
tuesday, july 8:
the men & i played golf at the university golf course in durango, while brian's mom & aunt entertained avery. we didn't have clubs, so brian & i rented some. they gave brian a set of callaway's and me a set of pink & black cleveland's... by far the nicest clubs we have ever played with! we both played the game of our lives. i even kept my score on some holes, i was doing so good! and i think brian shot a 84! the golf course was in the middle of a valley surrounded by huge mountains with snow on top of them. it was gorgeous!
wednesday, july 9:
mesa verde national park - this place was cool. they have well-maintained indian ruins and cliff dwellings from about 1100-1300 AD. it was amazing to see the way the indians lived there, and we enjoyed hiking and climbing up lots of ladders to see all the details. avery was such a trooper. one lady watched her climbing a 12 foot ladder (with me close behind), and said "i can't believe she is only 3!"
thursday, july 10:
the men hired a fishing guide and fished all morning on lake vallecito. they came home with about 10 fish (previous to hiring the fishing guide, they had caught 1 fish all week). the women & avery walked around and found a nice rocky place to sit by the river. avery threw one of her pink crocs (shoes) in the river and aunt shelia chased that croc down as far as she could, but alas, it got carried away in the river. poor little pink croc. i kept the other one, but i'm not sure what to do with it now. guess we will need to get her another pair of those ugly rubber shoes, that we just really can't live without. anyway, later that afternoon brian & i rented a canoe. thanks to my training as a camp counselor at his hill, i rowed like a superstar while he caught one more fish for our fish fry that night. we told avery it was chicken (she is in LOVE with nemo right now), and she ate it all up. it was really good!
friday, july 11:
we drove to downtown durango and hit the shops. we bought heavenly fudge, a Cinderella PEZ dispenser for avery, some coffee for the folks, a smoothie at the same coffee shop, and i bought a BellaBand at the local maternity store. i have wanted one of those ever since i first saw them in a baby magazine, but i never felt the urgency to buy one. now, in my 3rd pregnancy, the need for BellaBand became so apparent that i just had to get one. i am wearing it right now over my pre-pregnancy jeans and they are fitting me like a champ! so far, it is so worth the money. it has so many uses, i think i will use it as a girdle after i have this baby!!! sidenote: speaking of babies, my friend bethany had her baby boy, noah, on friday. it was fun to talk to her on the phone and hear all the labor/delivery details. we got to meet him today and he is precious! that night, we played a couple rounds of trivial pursuit, the 1980's version. needless to say, brian & i were horrible at it b/c all the questions were so outdated, but it we all laughed and had a blast playing.
saturday, july 12:
drove forever (5 hours) from durango to albuquerque, NM. avery slept almost the whole way thankfully. then we flew from albuquerque to houston. it never felt so good to hear "the local weather is 93 degrees...welcome to houston" as we landed. i was so happy to be home!
avery with her "wings" on the airplane
3 comments:
It looks like you got the most out of vacation. I love the train picture.
Your pics are great! Looks like you had a lot of fun! And you look so cute pregnant! :-)
great vacation! i seem to remember several similar trips in my youth; it must be awesome being on the parent side this time (i say that only because you don't have a little matthew and martin along for the trip). i'd love to revisit those places again.
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