This post is somewhat random because I'm too tired to think of ways to organize these photos for you. Tonight, I'm in Red River, NM. It's 11:25pm Mountain Time (12:25am Central, which is how it feels to me!) I thought I'd try to catch you up a bit on our trip.
We arrived in Red River, New Mexico late on the 4th...just in time to watch the fireworks display over Eagle's Nest Lake (4th photos will be in the next post). We're now starting our trek back towards home.
In case you haven't been keeping track of our route, we started up near Creede, Colorado then moved on to Ouray, CO and now we're in Red River, NM on our way back South towards Oklahoma. Tomorrow morning we'll be driving straight home (about 9.5 hours without stops).
The day before leaving Creede, we took a hike (all of us together) up even higher than our camp to a place called Brewster Park. We had to keep the family hikes pretty short since Ty can only take so much of that stuff on foot...and someone has to carry Wes. The altitude here gets to you quickly when you're hiking, which makes it tough on the kiddos. Ty had to stop and rest quite a bit. But, he's a trooper and didn't whine too much.
Here are a few pics from our hiking trip...
Ty with his Grandpa
The views were spectacular throughout this whole trip...and this hike was no exception.
Ya gotta have a walking stick when you're on a hike. At least, Grandpa and Ty think so.
taking a break...
and these little guys are everywhere in Colorado and New Mexico. Ty had an absolute ball trying to catch them all day everyday.
We actually saw this potty on our hike through the mountains. Does anyone really use this stuff? Cause there is no way...NO WAY!
And...last, here is a shot of Ouray, Colorado. The town sits down in the valley between all these mountains. It was seriously amazing.
You'll see more shots of Ouray in the days to come. Have a great Sunday!
you are the third family that i have seen that was in red river last week!
i've never even heard of it and now i really want to go!
good to check in with you again.
good luck on my giveaway. :)
Posted by: meg duerksen | July 09, 2008 at 08:50 AM