Sunday, August 28, 2011

Cabin Weekend in Divide, Colorado

In the middle of July, we took a little weekend vacation to a cabin in Divide, Colorado. It's about an hour away from our house on the other side of Pikes Peak. Rob's work has access to these cabins for us to rent and we figured we would take advantage of it!

We got there late at night (since Rob gets off work really late) and just got settled in and had to rig the door to the girl's bedroom so they would go to sleep that night. Of course they wound up getting up as soon as the sun came up the next morning but we tried!

The next day we got up and made breakfast and then headed out for some exploring. We first drove to some mountain so we could do a little hike and Rob could hunt for some rocks and gems.






Then we drove back to Woodland Park for a late lunch at a little cafe and then stopped at Walmart to pick up fishing poles. Ellie was determined to try out fishing at the little lake that we could see from our cabin window. So we attempted to fish for a little bit with no success!





We made foil packets for dinner and roasted s'mores on the grill since there was a fire ban! But it all tasted great still.

The next morning we woke up to a Mama deer and her two babies right outside our window! We were able to get pretty close to the Mama but the babies didn't stick around long. Definitely the highlight for my girls!




We drove over to National Park that was full of petrified trees and other petrified things. It was a hot little hike but cool to see.






It was a fun couple of days away from reality and we hope to make it a tradition to go back every summer to these cabins!

1 comment:

JDS said...

haha..love that Rob is carrying the polka dot diaper bag in that picture, that is a good Daddy right there!