21 Jun 2009 - Colorado Vacation - Day 5

Day 5 of our annual summer vacation to Colorado.... between the 4 folks who have cameras, we snapped hundreds, no thousands of photos. Here are just a few to share our trip. They are not in any sort of order and some will be captioned and some explain themselves. In parenthesis above each photo will be initials to indicate the photographer. (JLR)=Jamie, (CRR)= Cady, (KB)= Kailie, (JB)= John

Today was a very full day.... from sun-up to sundown was non-stop activity!!

{today is Father's day and George woke up to a chair full of goodies}(CRR)


{Cady snapped an early morning shot of Me} (CRR)


{OMG, there really is a South Park Colorado.... you bast**ds... LOL} (JLR)


{majestic mountains...} (JLR)


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{to the twin lakes} (JB)


{I love this photo of George and Cady} (JLR)


{beautiful waterfalls} (JB)


{Kailie acting goofy} (JB)


{George drinking out of the stream... that water was cool and sweet} (JLR)


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{snapping pics at the Continental Divide} (JB)


{BFF's} (JB)


{the road, winding stream, mountains... love this pic of Cady and Kailie} (JLR)


{king of the hill} (JLR)


{I found it amazing that as big as the mountains are, the flora is so delicate} (JLR)


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We stumbled across this really neat old ghost town named Independance. It was an old mining town in its day. When it's citizens left, they left so much behind. I've included a link to a site that has some more history on this really neat place. I think this was my favorite place because I love old cabins.... just knowing that over a hundred years ago, someone lived here. That kind of history gives me goose bumps.

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{those black things are the soles of a pair of shoes} (KB)


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http://www.coloradoguy.com/independence-ghost-town.htm

After we spent some time exploring the old ghost town, we went our seperate ways.... George and I were headed to find Glenwood Springs, Colorado (the birthplace of his Mom). The rest of our group were going to cruise the back roads around Aspen.... the following photos aren't in order, I posted their photo's first, then mine.

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{neat pic - a waterfall that has carved a huge hole in the middle of a group of rocks} (JB)


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{George and I embarking on our part of the trip} (JLR)


{there were so many odd and funny named towns... I only caught a couple} (JLR)


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{We traveled through 4 different tunnels carved in the mountains... the Eisenhower tunnel was the longest... and most famous} (JLR)


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower_Tunnel

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{George in Glenwood Springs... even though he wasn't gung-ho about going at first, I think he's glad I insisted} (JLR)


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{the road going up to Woodland Park from Colorado Springs... sometimes it seems like if you put your hand out, you'll hit the mountain} (JLR)



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{the sunset's were phenomenal} (JB)


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WHAT A DAY!!!!!!