A Day in the Mountains!

Colorado has had some beautiful (mild) weather this January and we decided to take advantage of the holiday weekend and spend the day in the mountains. By now we have figured out some of our favorite places, and we don't know how much longer we will have access to all of this natural beauty, so we mapped out a figure eight driving route to take us on one last tour of the rockies! 

First we went to Mount Falcon, which is where we went on our first hike when we moved to Denver (it is also where Laney is buried, so we went to say a final goodbye). Mount Falcon has a pretty good assortment of family friendly trails, so it's an enjoyable hike for everyone.

Clowning around (notice I am without assistive devices but still sporting the orthopedic boot)

Judah kept calling this fencing the "stumpgoose" and we couldn't figure out why, until we remembered a book he loves with Duck and Goose where Duck asks Goose "is our pumpkin on top of the stump, Goose?". Judah thought the word for a tree stump was "stumpgoose". haha

So many deer!

Goodbye Laney

Next we drove up Loveland Pass, breathtaking views! On the way back down we circled around to visit St. Mary's Glacier, then stopped for lunch in Idaho Springs at Tommy Knockers Brew Pub. 

Then we returned to Echo Lake, where we went camping this summer, except this time it was frozen solid. We had such a great time running around on top! 

We left Echo Lake and drove a scenic highway through the mountains and through Evergreen, a really quaint, "classically Colorado" town. Evergreen lake was frozen solid too and had ice skaters, hockey players, and ice fishermen! We were too pooped to stop but enjoyed the view as we drove by. 

We thoroughly enjoyed our farewell mountain tour, maybe one day we will make it back to visit!