Vacation '09 - Day 5:

Day 5 went off without a hitch. We got up early and headed out of Denver and made our way towards Boulder, CO. I loved Boulder. It was the neatest little town and it had the best vibe.

We drove through the University of Colorado.

We visited Pearl St. and its fun little shops. We also took a free ride on this little train- the kiddos loved it!

We ate lunch at Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse. It was really tasty and so beautiful! Here are Ruthie and I sharing our Chai tea with sugar and milk (we let her have some through a straw and she liked her some tea!).

I drink all sorts of flavored teas and my favorite brand is Celestial Seasonings so I was super excited to go visit where it is made. We got to have free tastings and watch a movie on how it started and how it is made. They gave a free tour but children under the age of 5 are not allowed so that counted us out. So sad!

We then visited Leanin' Tree Museum. It is a museum full of Western art (cowboys and indians).

They had these sculptures outside and since I was carrying stink bug in her sling I felt like I had bonded with this chick so we had our picture taken together. (The hubs doesn't count so that is why I'm not smiling).

Little Man pretending like he's running and about to get run over by the buffalo. Run man Run!

Gorgeous views on Day 5...

We spent most of the day up in the mountains at Rocky Mountain National Park. This was a beautiful little lake in the park that we took a hike around. Isn't it so pretty!

Little man is a little too brave sometimes! If his daddy wouldn't have had the baby on his back he probably would have been right up there with him!

Gorgeous! Are you jealous?!!! lol!!!

Stink bug had the best view! I tried to get hubs to carry me on his back!

I love these next 2 pics. Isn't the way the sky meets the mountains and then the water so serene!


This trail was too hard for the kids so I walked down just a little ways to get this picture! So worth it!

This little guy was about 2 feet from our car. You can even see his buck teeth! We fed him a cracker...sshhhhh don't tell!

We took this driving tour through the park and as long as I didn't look over the cliffs on the drive up it was absolutely breath-taking! This is up at the top...On top of the world!!! (little man is mad here because I wouldn't let him go up with dad. Sorry Charlie!!!)

We found a little snow and since it was July we decided to test it out! What a rebel!!! I would have laughed so hard if he would have busted it!

All the way at the top and super cold!!! We were so not prepared for the coldness.

At the top we ran into these guys. There were about 20 of them throughout the park that we saw, and they walked right up to the road. I got alot of better pics with the other camera but I haven't uploaded those yet (later I promise- we also saw some mountain goats and Nolan saw 2 moose).

We left the park around 7 pm and ate supper out of the back of the car. Almond Butter and Banana sandwiches and veggies except for the hubs who had left over pizza. I also found some tasty green chile hummus that we snacked on! We arrived in Frisco CO around 10 pm only stopping once in Winter Park to let the kids play at a fun little park we drove by.

Day 5 was so fun and full of beauty! It was also tiring, but so worth it!