Colorado Day 2

Day 2 - we woke up on time to eat breakfast in the hotel before

we drove out to Estes Park, CO!

We drove about an hour and 15 minutes to North Platte

and made a stop at Fort Cody - a big gift shop with a little bit of history.

The Dads with the kids riding the buffalo! 

YEE-HAW! 

Aubrey, Dakota, Weston, Avery 

Weston and Avery "playing" checkers with the "cowboy" 

Uh oh - they kids ended up in jail! 

Weston, Aubrey, Avery 

YAY, we made it to the Colorado border! 

This was the first time the girls had gone to Colorado! 

a fun rest stop near Julesburg, CO to eat our lunch

We walked up to this little tee-pee on the premises 

Aubrey "fell asleep" for 10 minutes 

Avery fell asleep for about 15 minutes

(the only sleep in the car for both directions traveling)

We stopped at Baskin Robbins in Loveland, CO

for a nice ice cream treat before heading up the mountain. 

(this is also where our van wouldn't start so we waited it out at 

Family Dollar and prayed and then it started!)

making our way up the mountain to Estes Park 

The Big Thompson river winds back and forth the road all the way to Estes Park.

We pulled over to throw some rocks into the river

and Dad accidentally caused Aubrey to fall and scrape her leg. 

We made it to the Estes Park Visitor Center!

Check in wasn't until 6:00 and we beat the rest of the VG family 

so we did a little looking around the area. 

Entering our home away from home for the next week - YMCA of the Rockies! 

At the Administration building, checking in 

view outside our cabin

some extended family girl cousins

This was one of two of our family reunion cabins

that had 8 bedrooms in each! VERY NICE!

Aubrey and Camryn 

They had a park, basketball court, tether ball, and horseshoes 

right outside our cabin so the kids had lots of fun on that!
And stayed up way to late each night :)