I recently returned from a trip out in Colorado. I do have pictures, which I will post as soon as I can figure out how to. Here is what we did.
5/30-Traveled to Colorado. As we were getting in to the state, it started to rain, and we saw a rainbow-the whole thing. Got to my great-aunt's condo at around 9:10 pm Mountain time.
5/31-Went to see my great grandma and great-great aunt.
6/1-Went to Heritage Square, an amusement park. It rained in the morning, but it was clear enough in the afternoon for us to go down the Alpine Slide, this huge slide that goes down a mountain, which was very fun. (My mom and great-aunt elected to stay at the bottom.)
6/2-Went to the Denver Mall, which is huge. And awesome. Very awesome.
6/3-Went to Pike's Peak and the Garden of the Gods. The Garden of the Gods is a park with these huge red sandstone formations. Unfortunately, it was foggy and rainy, so it was kind of hard to see some of the stuff. But what we were able to see was cool. Then, after lunch, we went to the Cog Railway so we could go up the peak. We rode the train up the mountain, and about halfway there, we broke through the clouds and saw the sun. At the top of the mountain, it was about 30 degrees and I was standing in knee-deep snow. We got doughnuts and, after eating about two of them (they were sooo good), I went outside to stand in the snow again and get pictures done. After going all the way back down the mountain, we went back to the place where we'd eaten lunch, and my great-aunt got me a turquoise ring as an early birthday present.
6/4-Did laundry and played Mexican Train Dominos, which is really fun. I even won a few times!
6/5-Went to the Denver Mint and the 16th Street Mall. The mint was interesting. Random Fact: The heads side of a penny is actually called the obverse side and the tails side is the reverse side. Who knew? Then, we had cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory, and went to a Barnes&Noble. Unfortunately, we did not stay as long as I would have liked to (the whole rest of the day).
6/6-A whole bunch of our relatives came and we had a huge party. We went to the pool for about three hours, and I got sunburned, prompting the nickname "Rudolph Jr." (My older brother was Rudolph.)
6/7-We went out for a Chinese lunch and said good-bye to my great uncle before he left for the airport. His flight, however, was delayed by hail and severe weather. We had to go down to the basement because there were tornados in the area. No complaints, though-there was a TV down in the basement. :)
6/8-We traveled back home to WI, stopping overnight in Iowa at a very nice hotel.
6/9-We got home at about 4 in the afternoon and started work on laundry. :p
