San Juan Historical Museum

On our last camping trip to Ouray we drove over to the small old touristy town Silverton and stopped by their Historic Museum. It had a cool old mine and jail that the boys really got into!

Boating Boys

The first camping trip of the year was with our friends the Forsythe’s – we had a ball and here are the little guys going out for a fun boat ride!

Horse Painting

During our last camping trip, the boys joined a group of kids at a local Estes Park equestrian center in painting with a horse as their canvas.

Camping Trip #2

The Allbritton family had another fun-filled camping trip with Chloe the Cub over the weekend. Friday afternoon we headed past Buena Vista to Nathrop Colorado, then headed West to Chalk Lake campground (just around 2 hours away). So far, it is our favorite location. Not only was the scenery gorgeous, but there was a fantastic .5 mile hike leading up to a waterfall, Agnes Vaille Falls right across the road from our camping spot. The campground also had a roaring creek and lake (hence Chalk Creek Lake). Both boys made it up the hike just fine, despite the fact that the top got a little rocky and steep. After naps on Saturday, we headed over to Mt. Princeton Hot Springs, which was a fun, and warm, way to bathe off from our earlier hike.

Several observations: campfire cooking is more challenging than I thought it would be & having our own private bathroom is priceless!

We were welcomed to our site by two mountain goats. They really are not very attractive close up.

Here is the view from our camping spot. Tyler and I had a total of about 5 1/2 minutes to sit down and peacefully enjoy it.

Napping Chase…it’s hot in the camper, so naked is the only way to go!

Our trip to Agnes Vaille Falls.

 

Camping–First Trip

Saturday May 14th we headed out for the very first time in Chloe the Cub. With high hopes and a touch of trepidation, we started West towards Loveland Pass and the great Eisenhower Tunnel. The F150 had no problems with the East-facing slopes. After going through the tunnel, we went down and up again to Vail Pass and proceeded down through Vail Valley and on to beautiful Glenwood Canyon. Then turned south toward Aspen, halfway there turned East to the cute little town of Basalt to our destination and Ruidy Reservoir. It was fun time, we got a little rain, a little sun and got our feet wet with camping. The boys ventured out several times to explore the area and found some interesting things to see. All together it was a fun time!

Meet Chloe the Cub

The trip was a success! Tate did fantastic on the way out to Missouri. The boys got to the hotel, ate some grub and hit the indoor pool (which was not heated enough). Then settled in for the night. The next day Tate had quite a bit of pent up energy. They picked up the camper and headed back for home. To make it bearable, Tate watched movies pretty much the entire way home. It worked I suppose, but that pre-parent voice keeps talking in my head about how I am disappointed that we have fallen victim to the TV-sitter syndrome in the car. Oh well!

The boys played in Chloe for a long time on Sunday, touching, looking, opening and finding. They even ate lunch out there. This weekend the boys may camp out just in the drive way! Very exciting!