Camping with Grandma and Grandpa

After our big trip to Ouray, we met my parents in Grand Lake, CO (right next to Granby) for a camping night. Shauna was supposed to have gone hiking the day before, but had to pull her quad muscle playing capture the flag, so it turned out only to be a camping trip. Here are some pictures, from the next morning.

The funniest part of the morning was when a squirrel decided to steal one of the peaches we had brought with us from Western Colorado. The peach was almost as big as he was. He tried to take it up the tree, but obviously failed. It ended up abandoned at the foot of the tree.

Our Little Troublemakers

Robin was woken up from a nap this afternoon to a very pale-faced Emily, and this is what she found...

Yep, Baby Powder. At least they were contained by the crib and it didn't get spread all over the house!

Camping in Ouray

We just got back from a camping trip to Ouray, CO where we also visited Silverton, CO. These were very prominent mining towns in the late 1800s, but now are wonderfully beautiful tourist towns. Ouray is called the Switzerland of America, which you can believe as you drive into the town, the high peaks on either side really make you think you are driving into an town in the Alps. We decided to go here as the first project I worked on at LSI was called Ouray4, so why not visit the town that had reference to a hard drive chip that I worked on.

We camped for three nights in a secluded campground, nestled on the mountain above Ouray.

We all loved the fire, especially Emily...

We also visited the Durango/Silverton Train line that travels precariously along the edge of the mountain between Durango and Silverton. We didn't ride it this trip (expensive and 3.5 hours one way) so we will do that on a future trip.

With Bekah still crawling, her only freedom was in the tent, so we let the girls play in there fairly often. They did really well, until Emily decided to cover Bekah with toys and blankets (which obviously didn't go over well)

We took a few short hikes, Bekah did really well in the backpack.

Emily had fun, but did get tired quickly with the uphill.

We then had lunch in the park.

The best part of the trip though was the family of deer that were constantly in and around our campsite. We ended up seeing them every day somewhere. Several times as we walked to our tent, the deer would be just behind it, grazing. The picture below you should be able to see 3 deer, a mom and 2 fawns. Emily was constantly asking if Bambi was around.

We had a ton of fun, and it is amazing how grown up the girls are getting.

We loved the beautiful country, and we will be back as soon as we can.