Vacation with Larbes family at Colorado Springs and Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado
Photos taken June 8, 2018 - June 16, 2018

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Capri excited to be at CVG airport, wearing her rainbow airplane dress and her flying piglet medal :)
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Saying goodbye to Mimi!
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Saying goodbye to Mimi!
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Riding the escalator to the terminal
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Greeting Nana!
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Boarding the plane with Benny and Cooper
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Boarding the plane with Benny and Cooper
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Every time we board a plane, the first thing Capri wants to do is read the safety manual ;) Or look at the illustrations and have us explain them to her, at least.
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Enjoying airplane apples.
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Cheesing it up
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Landed in Denver - debarking!
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Excited to be leaving the plane.
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Hi Benny!
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In Denver airport
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Capri is grabbing some of Julie's food!
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Hugging cousin Andy
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Nana and Julie at Mueller State Park
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Jay and Julie enjoying the mountain view
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Capri trekking solo
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Playing with rocks.
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Nana and Papa with their walking sticks
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Hi (part of) Noward family (plus Julie and Jay)
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Jay dragging Capri on, we wore her out :)
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Capri tree climbing.
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Capri and Benny hanging on a bench
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Train ride!
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Train ride!
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Red Rocks
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Kelly's early morning run through Colorado Springs.
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Kelly's early morning run through Colorado Springs.
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Kelly's early morning run through Colorado Springs.
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Stopping along the way to the top of Pike's Peak
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Driving to the summit of Pike's Peak.
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Driving to the summit of Pike's Peak.
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Stopping at Devil's Playground near the summit of Pike's Peak
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Hello marmot!
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Trekking around Devil's Playground
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It was super windy and cold! 80 degrees at the base of the mountain, maybe 45 here.
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Check out those curvy roads!
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We found snow!
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Jay and Kelly atop the mountain
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Devil's playground
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Devil's playground
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Jay brought a snowball back for the kids -- and Capri and Benny are sharing a taste.
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Atop Pike's Peak summit - 14,000 feet above sea level!
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Pike's Peak summit
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Pike's Peak summit
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Pike's Peak summit
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Pike's Peak summit - another marmot!
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Pike's Peak summit -- this is the track for the cog railroad train that stopped running this year after 125+ years. So, we drove to the top instead :)
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Happy to be at the summit!
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Pike's Peak summit
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Noward crew!
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Noward crew!
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Julie
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FAMILY PHOTO!
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Stopping at Crystal Reservoir on our way back down Pike's Peak
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Crystal Reservoir
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Crystal Reservoir
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Crystal Reservoir
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Crystal Reservoir - Papa Jim and Sasquatch
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Capri enjoying an ice cream in Manitou Springs
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Capri at the penny arcade in Manitou Springs
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Manitou Springs
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All the big kids in our van. It was a quiet ride. Ha!
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Garden of the Gods -- is awesome!
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Garden of the Gods
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Garden of the Gods
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FAMILY PHOTO AGAIN!
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Garden of the Gods
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Mom and Capri in matching shirts!
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Benny climbing
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Mom and Capri in matching shirts take two.
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Garden of the Gods
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Garden of the Gods
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Garden of the Gods
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Capri climbing around
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Hi Benny
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Playing in some trees
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Garden of the Gods
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Garden of the Gods
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Garden of the Gods
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Garden of the Gods
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Trekking along the rocks
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Squeezing through some rocks
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Aunt Julie helping with the scrambling
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Garden of the Gods
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The kids loved to climb around on these rocks; better than a playground!
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Garden of the Gods
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Garden of the Gods
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Garden of the Gods
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Garden of the Gods
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Hiking to see the Siamese Twins rocks at Garden of the Gods
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Jay next to the twins
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Looking through a hole at Pike's Peak
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Garden of the Gods - Siamese Twins
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Chad with Cooper and Benny
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Jay and Kelly!
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Julie
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Garden of the Gods - Siamese Twins
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Garden of the Gods - Siamese Twins
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Garden of the Gods - Siamese Twins
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Garden of the Gods - Siamese Twins
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Garden of the Gods - Siamese Twins
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Garden of the Gods - Siamese Twins
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Garden of the Gods - Siamese Twins
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Garden of the Gods - Siamese Twins
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Garden of the Gods - Siamese Twins
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Garden of the Gods - Siamese Twins
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Garden of the Gods - Siamese Twins
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Garden of the Gods - Balancing Rock
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Garden of the Gods - Balancing Rock
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At the YMCA cabin, the kiddos horsing around on the top bunk
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Rookie mistake - we arrived at the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park around 9:30am and had to wait 30+ minuets in a car line to enter. Get there early or wait until the afternoon.
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Bear Lake
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Hi chipmunk! He's begging for some of those nuts, but we didn't share.
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Kelly carrying nephew Andy
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The kids rocked the hike from Bear Lake to Nymph Lake to Dream Lake and back. The boys made it the whole way, and Capri about 60%.
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Resting with some water
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Nymph Lake
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Nymph Lake
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Stunning mountain views
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Stunning mountain views
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And we hiked to LOTS of snow!
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More snowball tasting
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Fire at the camerawoman!
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Andy enjoying some time on his feet
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Crossing the narrow bridge
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Dream Lake
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Dream Lake - Andy almost mean mugging
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Group shot at Dream Lake
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Yay family photo at Dream Lake
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The Larbes ladies
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Capri wanted to touch the water :)
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We had to hike over this snowpack
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Crossing the bridge again
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Hiking hiking hiking
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Hiking hiking hiking - more great views
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Hiking hiking hiking
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Sheep Lake at Rocky Mountain National Park -- but we didn't see any sheep. The Nowards did a couple days later, though!
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View from Sheep Lake
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Stopping at a viewpoint, Capri walking around bare foot
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Finding some purple flowers
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Looking down at our minivan after scrambling up some rocks
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Julie finding her inner zen
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Kelly's early morning trail run to Sprague Lake
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Kelly's early morning trail run to Sprague Lake
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crystal clear Sprague Lake with perfect mirror reflection!
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crystal clear Sprague Lake with perfect mirror reflection!
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Hello fisherman.
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Kelly was happy to find this sign letting her know she was on the right track back home.
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The kids painting at the YMCA camp
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Cooper concentrating
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Andy hamming it up
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Playground time
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Capri playing with her airplane, while in her airplane dress. Meta.
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Kelly walking the kids back to the cabin
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Viewpoint along Trail Ridge Road
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Viewpoint along Trail Ridge Road
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Viewpoint along Trail Ridge Road
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Viewpoint along Trail Ridge Road
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Viewpoint along Trail Ridge Road
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Viewpoint along Trail Ridge Road - alpine district above the tree line
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Viewpoint along Trail Ridge Road
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We spied a marmot!
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We found some elk at the mountain summit at the Alpine Visitor's Center
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We found some elk at the mountain summit at the Alpine Visitor's Center
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Kelly and Julie at the summit
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12,005 feet above sea level. Not too shabby!
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At the summit
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At the summit
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And then...it hailed! Fun experience, since it only lasted a couple minutes.
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View along Trail Ridge Road
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Driving along Trail Ridge Road
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we spotted some ice climbers, I guess practicing with their equipment on a snow bank.
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Walking on a trail along Trail Ridge Road
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At the summit
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Viewpoint along Trail Ridge Road
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Viewpoint along Trail Ridge Road
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Walking in downtown Estes Park
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Walking in downtown Estes Park
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Greeted by an elk when returning to the YMCA after dinner. Nice!
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YMCA statue
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Another morning trail run for Kelly. This one was TOUGH -- mostly uphill rocky scrambling. On the way to Bierstadt lake
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Bierstadt lake
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Bierstadt lake
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Bierstadt lake
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More of the trail run
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We regularly saw deer and female elk just outside our cabin's doors and windwos
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Andy was a big fan of this slide - he enjoyed scooting himself down and would try to climb back up!
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Capri on the swings
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Capri pushing Andy!
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Best attempt at getting the kids to cooperator for a photo :)
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Shuffleboard
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Family foosball!
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Benny fired up for a GOAAAAL!
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Andy playing cornhole
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Creek at the YMCA
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Fishing lake at the YMCA -- Papa's there fishing!
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Aunt Julie helping Capri make her tie-dye shirt
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Aunt Julie helping Capri make her tie-dye shirt, Kelly making a matching one
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Tie-dye work -- the boys did theirs already
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Line of cars to get into Red Rocks -- cars parallel parked all the way up this road (we did too)!
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Red Rocks concert!
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Red Rocks concert!
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Excited to see First Aid Kit and Ryan Adams. Thanks Nana and Papa and Jenny for taking care of the kids!
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Excited to see First Aid Kit and Ryan Adams
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Red Rocks Concert
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Red Rocks Concert
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Red Rocks Concert
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First Aid Kit on stage -- view from our seats.
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Red Rocks Concert
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On our last day, Jay, Kelly and Julie went on a 11.5 mile hike from the top of Mountainside drive at the YMCA into the Rock Mountain National Park, visiting Alberta Falls, Loch Lake, Mills Lake, and Jewel Lake. Thanks Nana and Papa and Nowards for watching Capri!
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Hi mister chipmunk!
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Alberta Falls
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Alberta Falls
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Alberta Falls
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We had to cross some deep packed snow on the way to Mills Lake
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Hiking over snow in shorts and tang tops -- not too bad!
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Arriving at Loch Lake!
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Loch Lake
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Loch Lake
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Fisherman at Loch Lake
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Loch Lake
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Loch Lake --- awesome
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Loch Lake -- beautiful
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Loch Lake - and a strong, beautiful lady
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Loch Lake
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Loch Lake
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Loch Lake - more fisherman!
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That's a lot of snow!
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Crossing bridges
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Crossing bridges
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Crossing bridges
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Hiking to Mills and Jewel lakes
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Hiking to Mills and Jewel lakes
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Hiking to Mills and Jewel lakes
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Hiking to Mills and Jewel lakes
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Arriving at Mills Lake
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Mills Lake!
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Jewel Lake -- lunch time
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Jewel Lake
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Jewel Lake
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Jewel Lake
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Jewel Lake
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And now...7 miles back to our cabin. GO!
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Making wire sculptures at Denver Art Museum
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Making wire sculptures at Denver Art Museum
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Making wire sculptures at Denver Art Museum
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Making wire sculptures at Denver Art Museum
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Fun rocking chair installation outside the museum
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Fun rocking chair installation outside the museum
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Capri with Nana and Papa
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Capri at Denver Pride Parade storytime.
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Capri at the Denver Pride Parade -- she was really excited for all the rainbows!
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Capri and Mama
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Capri and Mama - two beauties!
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