Stongman, Maddie and Papa, Ammon Boy!, SpiderBoy, Dawgga, MichaelMan, and FlowerGirl had an outdoor adventure in the Mountains in Colorado over Labor Day weekend.
We had a great time hiking, visiting Maroon Bells (top 3 most photographed place in the U.S.),
experiencing Aspen, exploring a cave (all the boys were SO BRAVE to go into the tunnel to get down to the cave- it was dark and slimy in there),
& watching the "Motherload" (a Volleyball Tournament).SpiderBoy picked wonderful assortments of flowers for FlowerGirl and Maddie, & he and AmmonBoy! found gold in the "Double AA ("A" for Ammon and Aaron) Waay Mine". AmmonBoy was a HERO for a day when he spotted that little Dawgga and MichaelMan were about to fall into the deep Mine pit. Thanks AmmonBoy!
We spotted a Fox that came into our campsite. And StrongMan knocked down trees for firewood (for reelz!!) and banged the trunks of the trees against rocks to get them to the right size for burning in the fire.
Watermelon was the secret word during the whole trip. We passed through Green River and consumed 3 whole watermelons during the trip...Michael loved it so much that he woke up from his nap one day and the 1st words out of his mouth were "Watermelon!" said in a painful, if-I-don't-have-watermelon-in-my-body-right-now-I'm-gonna-die kind of voice...we all laughed so hard and said, "Watermelon!" just like that for the rest of the trip.
SUPER FAMILY had a blast not showering for 3 days, eating roasted strawberry marshmallows & all sorts of galactic treats, betting on the fire burning & winning milkshakes, knocking down trees for the roaring fire, snuggling at night to keep warm, climbing Picnic Rock, exploring over the desolate Beaver Dam to get to the raspberries, finding our "secret" rock, giving Maddie a piece of wood shaped like a slice of watermelon, hiking through the woods & finding thimbleberries to eat,
playing volleyball/kickball in the road, playing in the nearby stream, we just had aSUPER BLAST being together!
