Category: Vacation

Yesterday was a busy day! We started out bright and early with donuts and coffee :) We drove 2 1/2 hours down to Canon City for the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. It was a beautiful day and we were able to spend part of our time on the train in the open-air car. The train… Continue reading Royal Gorge & Flying W Ranch

This morning we went back to Boulder. My parents belong to the Albion Academy Historical Society, and they had a picture of the Flatirons taken in 1908. We wanted to see if we could find where the picture was taken and take our own picture. We ended up at the Chautauqua grounds, where we happened… Continue reading Flatirons & Denver Zoo

Isn't it beautiful?! Because of the snow, we didn't do any sightseeing today. Instead we played some games: Farkle, Mille Bornes, and Can't Stop.

Today we went to a couple of museums in Denver. The first place we went was the Forney Museum of Transportation. They have antique cars, trains, bicycles, etc. It was interesting to see how some of our current vehicles started out! One of the final items we saw was something about Molly Brown, which leads… Continue reading Forney Museum & Molly Brown House

Today my parents and I went to the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster. They have 3 main exhibits: the Crawl-A-See-Em, Water's Edge and the Conservatory. The Crawl-A-See-Em has invertebrates from around the world; we didn't go in here since there were a lot of children looking at the exhibits. The Water's Edge features two "touch tanks"… Continue reading Butterflies & Red Rocks