Colorado Day Six

Day six, our last day of vacation in Colorado for this summer....  Boo, I never like the last day... packing up, loading, leaving the fun behind, more things that we didn't get to do, the long drive back home... 

After packing and loading we took a few pictures on the balcony of the condo before heading over to take a Gondola ride up the mountain.  Sarah and Phoebe thought the ride up and down were very exciting and fun. They both liked being up high and looking down to see things.  They also liked how the Gondola cars took off very fast out of the Gondola stations.

On the way up  and back down...

While we were at the top of the Gondola ride Sarah, Popee and Lindsee went on the Alpine Slide.  They got tickets and waited in a pretty long line.  (While they waited in line Eric and Phoebe walked up part of the mountain next to the chair lift to get to this big remaining pile of snow.  They are in the middle of the picture on top of the snow pile.  Eric has Phoebe on his shoulders.)  This was Sarah's first time to ride on a chair lift!  Lindsee let her ride with the old chair lift pro - Popee!  

Lindsee is on and heading up... Eric and Phoebe sat down to watch them ride by....

Next it was Sarah and the Pro's turn... waiting to walk up to the line, all smiles, at the line, 

turning back over their shoulders to look back for their chair, and sitting down, still smiling!

They are on and heading up!  And, there they are all coming back down.

Phoebe was too young to go on the Alpine Slide, (had to be 3 years old or over) so she choose to ride the ponies.  When it was her turn she picked a black pony and Sarah picked a little paint.

We had a picnic lunch at the top of the mountain before heading back down to the bottom of the mountain and getting ready to start the drive back to Kansas.

Fun Aunt Lindsee with her favorite nieces!

The Colorado Columbine ~ The State Flower

We went up and over Hoosier Pass on our way south out of Breckenridge.

We stopped by the Royal Gorge Bridge on our way south.  Amazing views there!  A storm was coming in so we didn't stay long.  We saw rafters down in the Gorge though, and think this may be something we will try when the kids get a little bigger, or with family and friends in the years to come.

Dear Colorado, my most favorite state, we will be back for more fun, breath-taking views and relaxing with family and friends next summer.  I can't wait.  Thanks for the great memories year after year! 

Love your forever adoring fan, Stacee Noel

Colorado Day Five

Day five in Colorado happened to be the 4th of July!  We started out the morning watching the parade down Main Street in Breckenridge.  There were a lot of bike riders, some floats, a few horses, and other various parade things.  There was some candy throwing and beaded necklace throwing.

Next we walked down the street to the concert area.  We wanted to check out the area were a 4th of July FREE Nitty Gritty Dirt Band concert was going to be held.... We found out the concert would be inside at 2:00, and the doors would open for anyone wanting a seat at 1:30.  This meant about two hours of waiting to be one of the first in line to get a seat inside for all of us.... So, Eric took Phoebe back to the condo for awhile and the rest of us waited.... When the line started to form, my sister jumped to the front! (Go Lindsee!)  Sarah got in line with her and waited patiently for about 45 minutes until the doors were opened and the two of them rushed in to get seats for us all.  They did it!  We were about 15 rows from the front in the middle section, on the aisle.  GREAT SEATS!  When we sat down, I got to sit next to my Dad.... He turned to me, with a big smile, and said, "This is awesome!"  He couldn't wait for the concert to begin.

Here are Sarah and Phoebe before the concert.  Of course, they had no idea who the band was, but when the music started so did the dancing from these two cuties!  They both liked it and thought it was especially fun when Lindsee and Daddy took them both right up front to dance with them to a fun fast song!

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was great!  They played song after song for just about two hours, with no intermission.  We all had such a good time!  My favorite song that they performed was, of course, "Fish'in In The Dark".

After the concert we headed back to the condo.  Phoebe and Sarah both got tired of walking so Eric carried them both for awhile.  What a good Daddy.

Later, in the early evening, Eric, Lindsee, Dad and I went out to walk around and look in some of the little shops.  One of my favorite shops to go in was called Marigolds.  It had a lot of vintage and repurposed things along with old quilts and wall hangings.  By clicking here on the words Marigolds Farmhouse Funk and Junk you can view their facebook page and see some of their pictures of neat things in their shop.

Happy 4th of July!