a weekend in the mountains

the following five posts record our wonderful 3-day weekend in the high country of colorado. our incredibly generous neighbors (the same ones who refinished our basement for free!!) offered us their cabin (which they built by hand from the ground up!!) for the weekend! such a treat. it was great to be away together as a family.

playing at 10,000 feet

mt. princeton hot springs

definitely a highlight...the natural hot springs not only heat the pools, but they mix with the cold mountain stream, forming natural warm/hot tubs along the edges. so fun to be able to play in the creek for an hour and never have the chills!!

a side trip to breckenridge

to feed the rainbow trout!

bowling!

the girls' first experience with bowling.
hooray for bumpers.

fairplay, co

here are a few shots from inside the great cabin where we stayed...
and the old town in which it resides.
fairplay is a tiny old mining town.
we took a walking tour through 40 of the original buildings.
amazing.

first day of school!!!

getting chilly