Day three started off with a short drive over to Lindsee and EP's house from Rex and Angie's house. (They literally live about 5-10 minutes from each other.) We carried our traveling bags into their house and loaded up a picnic and headed for Boulder. We found a great place along the big creek to have a picnic and relax for awhile.
~ A little side note here... my Dad is the best picnic packer guy I know... Growing up we had a lot of picnics at the lake in the summer and while on family vacations we had lots of picnics on the way driving to and from places we were visiting. Nothing elaborate, in fact very simple, but delicious. Sandwiches, fresh fruit and vegetables, cheese, some chips, and a cold pop, juice or water. Very plain and yummy. ~
There were lots of people in the creek water, swimming, wading and tubing. Sarah could not wait to get in and get her feet wet too. Lindsee and Eric took turns in the water with both girls. Before I knew it both Sarah and Phoebe were soaked up to their belly buttons and having a great time!
After our picnic and water time, we headed to the Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory just outside of Boulder. They give free tours there of the factory and have a tea sampling room. No limits, you can sample as much tea as you like over and over, any flavor they make, all day long if you want. You have to be five or older to go on the tour and you have to wear a hair-net that is provided by the Celestial Seasonings company, and in some cases a beard net to cover facial hair. So that being the case Sarah wanted to go on the tour, but refused to wear a hair-net... so, she was left behind with Nanee, Phoebe and Lindsee, while Popee, Eric and I went on the tour of the factory. We all sampled a lot of flavors of tea. I could have bought about eight different kinds after sampling, but was limited to three by my wonderful husband. The three we ended up with were Tangerine Orange, Sweet Harvest Pumpkin, and Raspberry Cool Brew. Any of the teas can be made cold or hot.
After the tea tour and sampling we headed back to Lindsee and EP's house for the evening. We ate dinner at Tokyo Joe's, a place I had gotten to eat when I went out to Denver for Lindsee's birthday in February. Then spent the night at their house.
The next morning, day four, we got up and headed for Breckenridge. We drove through some lightening and rain, and the Eisenhower Tunnel.
Breckenridge was beautiful! Cool temperatures, still some snow up on the mountain, and the condo that Dad had rented for us had a fabulous view of the ski resort and lake.
Sarah and Phoebe were very excited to go swimming, so we did that after checking into the condo.
Phoebe let Daddy throw her up in the air several times before crashing down one time sideways... then she did not want to be thrown up again.
Sarah loved jumping in, twirling around, splashing, kicking and showing off her new swimming skills.
A little hot tub time for Phoebe, Eric, Sarah, and Lindsee...
Reading stories before bed with Nanee and Popee in the condo....
And, after the girls went to sleep, Eric and I went out for a night walk in Breckenridge. We found the Cold Stone Creamery and look what my wonderful husband got for me.... Chocolate Reese's Peanut Butter Cup ice Cream! It was delicious. I enjoyed my time with my wonderful husband and my ice cream out on our balcony of the condo that night.
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