November 11th, 2011 - November 14th, 2011
We decided to take advantage of David living in Fort Collins and traveled out there for an extended weekend. We arrived Friday night and went out to eat in Old Town. The Christmas lights were amazing and I immediately fell in love.
Saturday morning we traveled to Horsetooth Mountain to go hiking despite the 60mph wind warning! Mark was determined to make it to the top to show his friends that he could do it (Mark climbed Horsetooth with Michael Serra and Robby Bauer three years ago on a visit to see Kyle VanWinkle), but David had to make it back for football practice... at least that is the excuse we used.
Saturday night we went to the Colorado State University football game against San Diego State and made it.....umm.....20 minutes (sorry David). Let just say that we weren't quite adapted to Colorado weather yet!
Mark surpised me with a hotel stay in Pikes Peak so we traveled up the mountains Sunday morning. Our first stop was Rocky Mountain National Park. It was absolutely breathtaking despite the fear of sliding off the icy roads. We stopped for a short hike up Deer Mountain. The trail was 3 miles long and I think we made it a little over a mile before we turned around; the trail got quite treacherous and the wind was picking up.
We got up early Monday morning and took the scenic route back to Denver via Peak to Peak Highway. Absolutely serene!
Thanks for the fun weekend, David!
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| Baby Currie's first trip on an airplane! |
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| Sipping tomato juice and reading an engineering book...my husband couldn't be a more exciting person! :) |
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| View on Peak to Peak Highway |
