Summer Adventures

School is back in session and life is getting busy again so before we have even less time here are some random pictures from this summer.

Another camping weekend

Camping

We camped in an amazing spot last night. We could see the entire valley surrounding the town of Red Feather and watched several storms role through (and miss us!). Finally, one did hit us and we got a little soaked but the fire was nice and warm. I also managed to forget hot dogs so the kids roasted buns. We are terrible at taking pictures and our two main cameras have zero battery life. These were taken with a not so smart flip phone.

Geocaching Adventure

Today we went hunting for treasure in the woods. 

 Due to spring run off we found our path under water a couple times.

 Luckily we eventually made our way to some high ground that wasn't so soggy.

 Then the storms began to roll in and we needed to return to the car.

 How in the name of Holy Pokemon do we get back across this stream?

Thank goodness these planks could hold 250 lbs or those kids would be driving home by themselves.

Snow and Cold

Yes it's been very cold and snowy but the nice thing about having older children is the slave labor.

Geocaching

When last this blog was updated we had returned from our California trip. That was almost two months ago and the summer has flown by.

The kids have had a video game ban for the summer. They have enjoyed a lot of swimming, bike riding, playing soccer in the yard, and using their imaginations. However, the big revelation of the summer has been geocaching. Yes that is right we have been looking for mystery containers in the woods, parks, and alleys of Fort Collins and Larimer County. I purchased a new GPS in June for this specific purpose. The kids have really taken to it and we are getting outside more than usual. Most of the caches contain dollar store level prizes but the kids are also excited to find ones that only have a log as well.

Legoland

The consensus on Legoland was that it was mediocre as an amusement park. However, all the lego sculptures were pretty cool. Miniland where was very impressive with it's versions of New York, Las Vegas, New Orleans and San Francisco.