It’s almost October, and the fields in Colorado have all turned brown.
This summer here around Denver feels like it just might hang on forever, but it looks and feels like fall already in the mountains.
We spent part of the weekend in Lost Creek Wilderness, a 119,000+ acre portion of Pike National Forest. AG and her dad took the trail at a pretty fast pace while the Sidekick and I poked around in the woods behind them. She rooted around in the dry, crunchy leaves at our feet for interesting rocks while I took these pictures.
Vast brown fields and stunning blue sky and bright gold aspens. That’s fall in the Rocky Mountains.
Aspen leaves look like this up close:
We didn’t hike much, but after waking up earlier than usual on a Saturday morning, the Sidekick got pretty tired.
Really tired.
While up in the mountains, we also checked out the place AG and the other sixth graders will attend Outdoor Lab this December.
But that’s a whole other post.
Gorgeous pictures. The Sidekick is adorable.
Also, I can’t wait to read that post about the Outdoor Lab venue. How much are you freaking?
Those photos are awesome!
Ahhh, sleeping in the car after a trip. I remember doing that… and grumbling to my parents when they woke me up to go to bed that they should have just let me sleep in the car! XD I’ve never been a morning person and if you wake me up from a deep sleep, I get very cranky.
In fact, I still do that. sticking me in a moving vehicle is a cure for insomnia, unless I’m the driver or with a driver who scares me. :p
Like Kerri, I’m looking forward to the Outdoor Lab venue post.
Love the pics! You’re making me miss Colorado even more…. and it’s only been 3 weeks since I was there. Oh how I want to go back again!
Looking forward to hearing about the Outdoor Lab venue post too.
it sounds like a blast (the kids part).
I get carsick if I read in the car, but I’ve found that a nap in the car usually helps with the nausea…. if the car ride is that long. Lol, my recollections of sleeping in the car when I was little were almost always on the way back from the airport. Don’t ask me why.
Kerri–Not so much, anymore, actually. I’m really glad we decided to go to the Open House for it. More on that this week!
Sarah–She hasn’t fallen asleep in the car in such a long time–it reminded me of her toddler years!
Abby used to be such a good car sleeper…then, she was just over 2, and in the car with my sister when my sister was in an accident (totally NOT her fault) and Abby had JUST fallen asleep…the accident, obviously, woke her up, and the EMT’s insisted on transporting her by ambulance to the hospital, because while I had remembered to send her to my parents and sister with a “permission to seek treatment” I didn’t add “permission to DENY treatment” so the EMT’s couldn’t release her without an ER evaluation. She quite literally has only slept in the car a handful of times since then.
Colorado looks gorgeous…I would love to visit sometime.